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Evening star., 1950-01-22

tendent of Talbot County Schools,
accepted a similar position in
Prince Georges County in 1921.
He retired in fs43. He is now a
member of the State Board OF
Education.
His superb leadership in a most
trying period of reorganization, -
the announcement said. was re-
fected in the commendable posi-
tion occupied by the county
schools in curriculum develop
ment, school services. plant con-
struction and efficient administra-
tion."
In another action, the Board of
Education officially designated the
Oxon Hill Elementary School for
Colored as the Sojourner Truth
School. Unoficially, the school has
been known by this name for
several years.
Heretofore, schools have taken
the names of their towns or COM
munities. Board members said
this would be confusing in the
future, because larger schools will
draw pupils from numerous COM
munities.
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Montgomery Council Requests
Ruling on NonportisQn Votinq

The Charter government Of
Montgomery County moved yes
terday to settle the question
whether county councilmen shall
be elected by nonpartisan ballot
ing or party primaries.
BY unanimous vote of the six
members present, the County
Council called on the Board Of
Election Supervisors to state
whether it will accept petitions
of nonpartisan candidates or of
partisan candidates in election
contests next fall.
The issue arose last May when
the council passed a local law for
nonpartisan council elections. The
Montgomery law conflicts with
the States Lindsay Act of 1945,
which requires party primaries
in counties with charter govern
ment.
Yesterdays action was the
councils first step to force a con-
clusion of the issue.
In requesting the election board
to state its position now, the
council is trying to allow time for
a court test before the fall voting.
Charter supporters are ready to
go to court if the election board
backs the Lindsay law. The po-
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Rev. N. R. Sutherland
Named Charlottesville
Young Man Of Year
Special Disputeh 10 The stor

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Jan.
21.-The Rev. Malcolm Read
Sutherland, jr., minister of the
Thomas Jefferson Unitarian
Church, has been presented the
Distinguished Service Award of
the Charlottesville and Albemarle
Junior Chamber of Commerce as
the outstanding young man of
1949.
Mr.. Sutherland was born in De-
troit. in 1916. He came here in
1945 and has been active in civic
organizations. He has just COM
pleted a campaign to raise $780,
900 for a Unitarian church build
ing in Charlottesville.
Roscoe S. Adams has announced
that he will not be a candidate
for reelection to the City Coun-
Gil. Mayor Gus K. Tebell, the
other council member whose term
expires September l, announced
that he would seek reelection.
Mr.. Tebell is a University of Vir-
ginia athletic coach and has been
on the Council since 1946.
A resolution apparently revis-
ing Albemarle County's tax policy
towards the University of Virginia
students yesterday was read to
the University's Board of Visitors,
by Rector Barron Black of Nor
folk.
Adopted at a closed session
of the county Board of Super
visors earlier this week, the reso-
luton indicated that personal
property taxes assessed against
students who have set up house
keeping on University grounds,
will not be collected, but that
no refunds of taxes already legal
ly collected will be made.
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4 Schools to Take Educators Names

Four new Prince Georges
schools will be named for educa-
ton leaders under a policy an
nounced yesterday by the County
Board of Education.
The men whose names will be
honored are the late Eugene s.
Burroughs, the late Thomas S.
Stone, DR.. Albert S. Cook and
Nicholas Orem, sr.
Schools which will perpetuate
their names are, respectively, the
Suitland High School on Silver
Hill road. the Mount Rainier
Brentwood Elementary School at
Thirty fourth and Webster street,
the Bladensburg High School at
Tilden street, Sunnybrook subdi-
vision and the high school on
Colesville road, Hyattsville.
Mr.. Burroughs was principal of
the Surrattsville High School, as
sistant county school examiner
and for eight years was superin-
tendent of Prince Georges schools.
He also served as superintendent
Of Garrett County Schools and as
a member of the faculty of Saint
Mary's College.
Mr.. Stone served for more than
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'HyattsviI|e to Be Host to Yankee Students

Student exchanges, generally
thought of as international in
scope, are going to shuttle the rolls
in Hyattsville, Md, and Concord,
Mass, High Schools.
Thirty students from Concord
will spend a week in the Hyatts-
vile school during March and the
Maryland students will return the
visit in April.
In Concord Maryland youth will
have an opportunity to see the
houses where Emerson, Thoreau,
the AlcottS and Nathaniel Haw-
thorne lived. And they will see
Daniel Chester French's monu-
ment to the Minute Men of TITS
at Concord River which bears
Emerson's inscription:
BY the rude bridge that arched
the flood,
Their flag to Aprils breeze un-
furled,
Here the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round
the, world.
The Concord students will be
shown the Bladensburg crossing of
the Eastern Branch, where the
militia broke and let the British
through to burn the Government
buildings in Washington.
Times Makes Difference.
Their hosts need not feel too
apologetic about the comparison.
The truth is that the British
achieved their objective in ITS as
we'll as in 1913. They burned the
military stores in Concord. But
New England poets and the fact
that it was the first armed resist
ance to the British have made the
first incident glorious; the burn
ing of the Capitol and the Execu-
tive Mansion of the new Nation
that had declared war on Great
Britain have made the second
quite otherwise.
AS for other historical sights in
Prince Georges County the visitors
may be shown the home of DR..
Mudd on the Southern Maryland
Pike where John Wilkes Booth
stopped in his flight after the as
SaSSination of President Lincoln
And as for Maryland literary
shrines. they may be taken to
nearby Frederick to see the grave
of Francis Scott Key, author of
THE Star Spangled Banner"
The. Hyattsville group, Is boys
and Is girls-all seniors-were
picked by a faculty committee
headed by Principal J. A. Miller.
Mrs. Mary S. Snouffer, English
teacher. will accompany them.
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George Mason School Wing
To Be Dedicated Tomorrow

The new wing of the George
Mason School in Alexandria will
be dedicated at pm. tomorrow at
meeting of the schools Parent
Teacher Association.
The wing, which will give the
school six new classrooms and a
cafeteria, was begun last spring.
1t will enable the school to elm
mate halliday shifts.
Speakers at the ceremony will
include School Supt. T. c. VIII
llams and Mayor Franklin p.
Backus.
The invocation will be given by
the Rev. Cliff Johnson of West
minister Presbyterian Church,
Alexandria.
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Two Members 10 Quit
Falls Church Council

designations of two Falls Church
councilmen are expected to be
presented to the Council tomor-
row.
D. K. Grille, first ward council
man, is scheduled to tender his
resignation because he is moving
to a home on Lee boulevard out
side the city.
Mandley T. Rust already has
submitted his resignation for un-
disclosed reasons.
Mayor Albert M. Orme said he
had received letter of resigna-
ton from Mr.. Rust. The Mayor
declined to give the reasons given
by Mr.. Rust.
"Beforet he Council considers
accepting Mr.. Rust's resignation, +"
the Mayor declared '"I prefer that
Mr.. Rust give his reasons in full"
The unexpired terms, if the
designations are accepted, would
be filled by the remaining men,
berS of the Council.
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litical parties are expected to ap-
peal to the courts If the board
rules in favor of the councils
nonpartisan law.
The election board is appointed
by the Governor on recommends
tion Of the State Central Commit
tee Of the party in power.
Ward Caddington, clerk OF ths
board, said yesterday he had nj
comment at this time on the
councils request.
P. G. Ligon was the only coun-
Gil member absent yesterday when
the resolution was adopted.
All voters. irrespective of party
affiliations, could vote in the nom
partisan contests. The Lindsay
Act requires selection of nominees
in party primaries. Only the
voters affiliated with a party could
cast ballots.
Said two laws being in conflict
in these and other respects" the
council resolution states, "it is in
the public interest that the Board
OF Supervisors of Elections should
at this time determine and make
public announcement as to which
law 1t will execute and administer
in carrying out its functions = :"
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the room. The "few tenths of one
per cent" contrasts sharply with
the almost 100 per cent echo re-
f1ection in an ordinary room with
hard surfaced walls. Scientists
say this condition will permit
them to study sound in it's orig
inal form without distortion or
disturbance caused by echoes.
The room has single en-
trance, a catwalk Is feet above
the floor. When tests are run, the
catwalk doorway will be plugged
by section of fibre glass wedges.
Sound emitters and receivers
are hung from pulleys, which are
moved by overhead cranes. The
cranes are operated by remote
control, and can be moved to any
desired position.
The room is expected to prove
effective for sound ranging as low
as SO cycles per second. Below
that, the Navy scientists said,
some reflection is anticipated.
The lowest frequency audible to
the human ear is approximately 20
cycles per second,
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Vote on Charter
In Falls Church
Is Abandoned
Council Eliminates
Controversial Points;
Hearing Scheduled

Most controversial provisions Of
the proposed Falls Church char
ter were removed yesterday by the
City Council, as it decided not tc
hold a charter referendum.
Mayor Albert M. Orme said a
hearing would be held at pm
Thursday in the Madison School
on the revised charter. A sum-
mary of the proposed revisions will
be available at noon Monday in
the City Hall, and exact wording
of revised provisions will be ready
for Thursdays hearing, the mayor
said.
The changes were made by the
council at a closed session with
the Charter Commission. The
council decided to drop a provi-
sion allowing issuance of bonds
without a referendum. A referen-
dunn of all qualified voters will
be required on any proposed bond
issue, Mayor Orme said.
Other Proposals Modified.
The bond issue provision was
the principal target of criticism
in two public hearings on the
Charter Commissions proposals.
Also deleted was authority fol
imposition of a tax on public
utility bills. which many citizens
opposed. Another controversial
provision struck out would have
allowed the mayor to act as city
manager until one was appointed
Some provisions governing de-
linquent tax sales and condemna-
tions were dropped in favor of the
general State law dealing with
these matters. Some minor pro-
posals authorizing the council to
build subways and operate public
baths also were removed.
The council left unchanged pro-
visions requiring an elected school
board, and at-large council elec-
tions. Councilmen now are
elected by wards. Also unchanged
were provisions for different gov
eminent departments the council
will have authority to establish.
Urges Hearing Attendance.
Mayor Orme said a referendum
would mot necessarily indicate
what the people wanted.
The mayor said councilmen had
attempted to remove disputed pro-
visions and include suggestions
made by the, public. He urged Falls
Church residents to appear at
Thursdays hearing to make their
views known on the revised pro-
visions.
After final approval of a charter
by the council, it will be sent to
the current session of the State
Legislature, which must also give
approval.
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Virginia Legislature
Gets Election Dispute,
Must Bills This Week
BY the Assoeiofed Press

h RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 21.-A
big money" meeting of the House
Appropriations and the Senate
Finance Committees and a session
of the House Privileges and Elec-
tons Committees on the contested
Russell County election loom big
on the legislative slate when the
General Assembly resumes work
Monday.
The legislators will tee off on
a work week in which they will
also get the first of the new
Governors must bills s"-the $45,-
100000 emergency school fund
money for localities, and means
of giving the Governor specific
powers to seize and operate coal
mines in fuel emergencies.
Legal Report Ready.
In the Russell County election
matter, subcommittee on privi-
leges and elections is due to make
it's report on the legal aspects as
soon as both branches complete
their formal sessions for the day.
The committee finds itself con-
fronted with a poser. since the
House went ahead and seated
Independent John A Fletcher on
opening day in the face of the
election protest of Mrs. Turner
A. Gilmer, Lebanon Democrat.
Committee Chairman Roy B.
Davis of Halifax has taken the
position that the matter "is of
vital concern-we ought to settle
it as quickly as possible" But
some members of the committee
have suggested that a direct
course of action was made some
what obscure when the House
seated Mr.. Fletcher knowing that
his election had been contested.
However, on this point, several
authorities on parliamentary rules
and procedures said the House
can take about any action it feels
/ is proper since the House is some
thing of law unto itself on mat
ters Of its membership. And there
isn't any appeal from a House
decision in such matters.
Lost BY 300 Votes.
Mrs. Gilmer. sister, -in-law of
State Comptroller Henry G. Gill
mer of Wise, lost to Mr.. Fletcher
by some 300 votes. Later Mrs.
Gilmer charged there was fraud
ulent use of mail ballots in sew
eral precincts in the county and
filed contest with the House. !,
AS a by-product Of the contest,
the State senator from Russell
County, Harry Carter Stuart of
Elk Garden, has introduced a bill
to wipe the Absent Voters law
off the books as a means, he said,
of precluding irregularities and
| fraud In elections.
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the Shirley highway cutoff to
Washington boulevard,
The driver of the car was listed
by police as Joseph A. Quigley,
jr., 10. of the 1900 block of Otis
street NE. He was released under
personal bond. Police quoted him
as saying the soldier stepped out
in front of his car.
Corpl. Ayers was en- route to
duty as a cook, his widow, Mrs.
Majorie Ayers, said. She said he
usually walked from their home
at 1885 South Twenty eighth
street, Shirley Homes.
A native of Manchester, Kans.,
Corpl. Ayers had served six years
in the Army, including 13 months
in Germany during the war. He
had been stationed at Fort Myer
for four years, Mrs. Ayers said.
In addition to his widow and
two children, Sandra, 8. and
David, S, Corpl. Ayers is survived
by his mother, Mrs. Belle Ayers,
Astoria, Greg.
Evening star., 1950-01-22

New types of experiments in
sound and acoustics will be under
taken soon in an echo-proof room
at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory
at White Oak, Md.
It's echo-proof unless you haggle
over a few tenths of one per cent
of any sound emitted within it's
confines.
Navy scientists draw upon the
Greek language to give this room
its official name, "anechoic." They
had it insulated from the sur
rounding building first by thick
masonry; inside that is two
inch section of fibre glass, and
then a two-inch layer of cork.
The innermost walls-the ones
the researchers see-look like the
skin of giant porcupine.
This unusual effect is given by
10000 fibre glass wedges, which
are 40. inches long by 10 inches
wide by AZ inches thick. They
cover the sides. ceiling and floor.
The wedge design absorbs prac-
tically all noise produced within
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Prince Georges {. Of {.
To Hold Dinner Meefino

Maryland employment and mar
keting practices will be discussed
at a dinner meeting of the Prince
Georges Chamber of Commerce at
the Prince Georges Golf and
Country Club. Landover, at pm.
tomorrow.
Speakers will include Mrs. Mar
guerite Miller, manager of the
States Employment Office in Hy-
attsville, who will discuss opera
'tion of the Maryland Department
OF Employment and Security and
its relationship to county en-
ployers and workers.
Another speaker, DR.. j. Allen
Cook, professor of retail marketing
at the University of Maryland's
college of business and public ad-
ministration, will describe the
newly-formed Maryland Advisory
Council on Retailing.
Presentation of certificates
marking completion of training
courses under the national ap-
premiership program to eight au-
tomobile apprentices will be a
part of the meeting.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Lane Praises Work
OF Highway Advisers
And DissoIves Group
By fhe Assoeiafsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 21.-Gov.l
Lane thanked his Highway Ad-
visory Council today for speeding
"the greatest road-building pro-
gram in Maryland's history" then
relieved it's members of active duty.
He asked them to remain avail
able "for consultation on a stand
by basis"
The council was created late in
1947 to help the State Roads Com
mission get Maryland's five-year,
5000, 100000 road and bridge pro-
gram under way. At the time, Gov.
Lane said, reorganization of
the whole departmental structure
of the commission was essential"
Offices Enlarged.
Under council guidance. the
roads commission revamped and
enlarged its engineering and ac-
counting divisions and other Of
fees.
The Governor noted that con-
tracts awarded in 1947 totaled So
621.477 and payments for work
completed amounted to $7,553, ,666.
Last year contracts reached "the
unprecedented amount of $56, ,120,-
922" and outlays for finished jobs,
$23, ,052,732. Another $45,331, ,72O
worth of projects we're carried into
this year.
Contracts do not include the
SAL 900, 900 Chesapeake Bay bridge.
This is being financed by bonds,
to be retired by tolls from the
States primary bridge system.
Gov. Lane thanked the council
for extra aid on the bridge project.
THAT the commission has been
able, within a little more than
two years, to accelerate it's pro-
ductive pace by some 600 per cent
demonstrates the complete CO.
operation which was afforded the
advisory council" Gov. Lane said.
Council Members Listed.
Howard Bruce headed the coun-
Gil until he was named deputy
administrator of the Economic
Cooperation Administration in
1948. Chester F. Hockey, presi-
dent of Dawson Chemical Corp,
has been chairman since then.
Other members:
T. Howard Duckett, Hyattsville
attorney, and president of the
Prince Georges Bank and Trust
Co.; j. McKenny Willis, jr., Eas-
ton, president of the Easton Ma
tional Bank; j. Vincent Jamison
jr., Hagerstown, board chairman
of the Jamison Cold Storage Door
Co.; Herman L. Gruehn, vice pres
ident of the Consolidated Gas
Electric Light and Power Co., and
DR.. j. Trueman Thompson, head
of the civil engineering depart
ment at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Montgomery County PTA
Council to Meet Tuesdov

The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil OF Parent Teacher Associations
will'meet at 8 pm. Tuesday at the
kensington Junior High School.
Chief business will be considera-
ton of the PTA Councils legis.
lative program, according to Presi.
dent John A. McIntire.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
New Housing Opposed
If Schools Are Lacking

The Lee-Jackson Parent
Teacher Association in Fairfax
County has gone on record
against new housing develop
ments in areas where there are in
adequate school facilities.
The association urged the Coun-
ty School Board to take whatever
action is deemed necessary, in
cluding making representation to
Federal lending agencies"
Evening star., 1950-01-22
jeanne Kowoleski Wins
Catholic Essay Contest

Miss Jeanne Marie Kowaleski,
Ii, OF Silver Spring, has won a
$25 Government bond in an es-
say contest sponsored by the
Maryland Catholic Daughters of
America. She is now eligible as a
contestant in the State finals.
Miss Kowaleski, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Kowaleski,
9l27 Sudbury road, is a student
at the Academy of the Holy
Names, Silver Springs.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Interview to Be Broadcast

A recorded interview with DR..
Joseph NJ. Ray, University of
Maryland political scientist. con-
cerning his recently completed
governmental survey of Silver
Spring, will be broadcast at 1:15
pm. today over Station WGAY,
Silver Spring. The interview was
conducted by Ernie Tannen Of the
stations staff.
Evening star., 1950-01-22

othclalS there, asked the Mary
land Department of State about
exchanging high school students.
The suggestion was channeled to
the Maryland Department of
Education and individual counties
were asked if they desired to take
part. Prince Georges and several
other counties did.
William S. Schmidt, assistant
school superintendent of Prince
Georges County, said Hyattsville
was designated because it's STU
dent body was Representative" of
the entire county.
IF the project is successful, we
may give it to another school next
year" he asserted.
Who pays for it all? The stu
dents do.
Ever since they first got word
Of it." Mrs. Snouffer related,
they've been earning money
through various means-baby
sitting. working in stores, giving
up movies and sodas-one even
sold her bicycle. That's a part
of the project. Each has to tell
how he earned his way"
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Prisoner Is Charged
In 4-Yeor-OId Murder

A murder charge has been
brought by Stafford County police
against a man under arrest in
Alexandria for felonious assault.
Alexandria police Inspector
Russell Hawes said he had re-
ceived a warrant charging Walter
Rippey, rs. colored. of Alexandria
with murder in the death of
Herbert Phillips, four years ago,
near Brooke. Stafford County. A
preliminary hearing on the mur-
der count will be held Thursday
in Alexandria.