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Evening star., 1950-04-05

A prisoner convinced a Fairfax
County Circuit Court Jury yester-
day that he was not trying to get
out of Jail when guards found him
saving on bars.
John Havens. 20. of the 1400
block of North Hudson street,
Arlington. told the jury he was
helping out a friend who wanted
to get but Of the jail. The friend,
Paul Sheppard, %. of Gordons-
vile, Va, got six-months
sentence for the attempted break
after he pleaded guilty in Febru-
ary.
Guards said they found Havens
and Sheppard saving on the bars
of an outer window of the Jail on
January 81. They said the pair
already had sawed off their cell
bars. A third prisoner, Max Cecil
who shared their cell. will be tried
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Floating Hotel on Way to House
Workers at New Bay Bridge

| only men will be accepted for
room accommodations" said Mr..
Weiss. There is no tie-in, he said,
with any contractor on the 4la-
mile span due for completion in
June, 1852. at a cost of more than
$40 million.
Women will be admitted" Mr..
Weiss added. Ito the cocktail
lounge. dining room. recreation
rooms and sun decks
The keel Of the Amphitrite was
laid at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard in 1862 and her hull COM
pleted in 1864. Because Congress
withheld appropriations. the vessel
was not commissioned until 1888.
1t first was operated as a hotel
at Beaufort. S. c.. and since has
served at Palm Beach. Fla: Bruins
wick. Ca: Fort Lauderdale. Fla,
and Hampstead Harbor. Long
Island.
The vessel was brought to
Washington in 1912 for use as
a hotel but was taken over by
the Navy and sent to Elizabeth
City. N. c.. as a housing unit for
aircraft workers.
Upon completion of the bay
bridge the ship will be moved to
Ocean City. Md. where 1t also will
be operated as a hotel.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Engineer CooIs Hot Sidewalk
As Spring Comes to Wheaton

being built. installed two "loops"
Of galvanized iron wire as a heat
ing element. much after the FASH
ion Of an electric iron. Then the
sidewalk concrete was poured.
A transformer was installed in
the system to give high current
capacity with low voltage and stl.l
use less power than an electric
iron. It isn't enough heat to warm
the sidewalk to the touch. but
sufficient to keep moisture on it
from freezing.
He isn't positive it would have
worked-he's never had a chance
to try. The first one to say it has
been tough sledding--no snow
gets the back of Mr. Moore's hand.
He's going to install a larger
transformer and wait.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Fairfax School Board
Studies Released Time
For Bible instruction

The Fairfax County School
Board today studied a plea to
allocate students sufficient time
next year for out-of.school Bible
instruction. Action on the re-
quest was deferred.
A delegation from the County
Association Of Churches asked the
board to release children during
school hours for Bible classes to
be held in a mobile trailer parked
on or near school grounds. En-
rollment would be through
churches and with parental per-
mission only. it was said.
A number of Virginia school
boards last year dropped Bible
classes in school hours when pub
lie interest in the problem of sep
arating religious and secular edu-
cation was aroused. Arlington s
Protestant church association has
set up Bible classes in the schools
after an early school dismissal
once eacn week.
To Buy Trailer
Yesterdays request was the
Fairfax groups first attempt to
replace the former Bible instruc-
ton system with a non school
program. The Fairfax Associa-
ton, which plans to buy a special
classroom trailer this summer,
said 43 county churches back the
new Bible class proposal, which
will use a curriculum worked out
by the Virginia Council of
Churches.
The Fairfax Recreation Asso-
citation requested use of rooms
and Fairgrounds at nine county
schools for a six-week recreation
program from June 26 to Au-
gust 4. The board granted use
of one room and toilet facilities
at the schools.
In executive session, the School
Board reappointed all present
school principals and supervisors
Ft. Belvoir Appointments Delayed
Action to reappoint personnel
for the Fort Belvoir white and
Negro schools was postponed, how
ever. because, the board said,
Army authorities have not made a
financial settlement for the Fort
Belvoir school program. The coun-
ty is due more than $4,000, 1t
was said.
The board approved a proposed
county band, comprising students
from all county schools, and au-
thorized $3.50 for music. but ruled
that transportation to band re-
hearsals must be private. A nine
acre tract at the Shirley Duke
apartment development, given to
the county by Jay Charley and
Rita Lewis. was accepted by the
School Board.
Evening star., 1950-04-05

been born here one spring several
years ago in a setting of eggs
Matched by a captive bird.
Among the huskiest specimens
this spring is the lion cub. Amvet
a lanky. puppy-like specimen
sent to the Zoo last November by
the veterans organization. Am
vet weighs about so pounds now
The cub was born in a travelling
circus in Montana last September
and the Livingston Post of Amvets
shipped him to Harold Russell ir
Washington, commander of the
veterans group. Amvet grew sc
rapidly that Mr.. Russell decided
he should be kept behind the bars
Answers to His Name.
Amvet answers to his name anc
is eager to romp with his keepers
He has grown so fast, however
that he fails to realize his owr
strength, and the claws in hi!
paws are something to avoid.
In addition to the usual sprins
activity. DR.. Mann is preparing
for the reception of the two baby
elephants now en- route here by
sea as gifts from the Government
of India.
The presentation, scheduled fol
the afternoon of Saturday, Apri
Is, will be covered by news anc
camera men, the radio and tele.
vision.
DR.. Mann said he plans to face
the television cameras with a new
haircut. although he probably will
be wearing the same crushed, gray
felt hat which has accompanied
him on many collecting expedi-
tions.
Everybody will be looking at
the elephants anyhow" DR.. Mann
remarked.
The baby pachyderms will be
presented officially to the chill
dren Of America by Nine Pandit
Ambassador from India.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Prince Georges Raises
Pay Of Two Attorneys
Planning New Laws

The Prince Georges County
Commissioners yesterday doubled
the salaries Of their two principa,
legal officers. but ordered thai
one or the other be on duty every
day.
The commissioners increased
the salary Of its chief counsel
Jerrold v. Powers. from $500 tt
$1,000 annually. The salary oi
Robert B. Matthias, assistant coun-
sci. was raised from $1,000 tc
$500.
The commissioners directed Mr.
Powers to undertake such study
and compilation of information
as may be necessary to enable him
to prepare drafts Of proposed or
dinances for realignment and
clariflcation of departmental
functions Of the county govern
ment."
In addition, the commissioners
directed that all officials and en-
ployes Of the county furnish Mr..
Powers such information and
assistance as he may request"
Mr.. Powers said the Sothoron
law. recently enacted by the State
legislature, becomes effective
July ! as far as changes and new
ordinances are concerned. He
said the ordinances must be pre-
pared to permit public hearings
before that time.
In other actions the board
awarded a $2l,210 contract to
Joseph Wyvill. jr.. of Upper Marl-
boro for construction of a two
story building adjacent to the
courthouse parking lot for storing
voting machines soon to be ac-
quired by the county.
Carnival permits were granted
the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire De-
partment for May 22-June 3 in the
2800 block of Hamilton street, Hy-
attsville, and the Takoma Park
Lions Club. for April 1929, at New
Hampshire and Eastern avenues.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Arlington 6. 0. P. 10 Elect
County Chairmen Toniqht

Arlington Republicans will meet
in the Thomas Jefferson Junior
High School at 7:45 o'clock this
evening to elect a party chairman
for the county and q precinct
chairmen for two-year terms.
A group Of 81 delegates and
alternates to the 9th Congress
sional District Republican Con-
vention in Charlottesville April Is
also will be named.
Principal speaker at tonight's
meeting will be Senator Butler of
Nebraska. Clyde B. Stovall will
conduct the session.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Mount Rainier 10 GET
Better Street Lighting

Increased lighting facilities on
flve streets was authorized last
night by the Mount Rainier City
Council.
The council approved CONVEX
sion OF 80 lights from 100 to $50
candlepower along Upshur street
from Thirty eighth street to
Rainier avenue. Rainier avenue,
Thirtieth street from Queens
Chapel road to Upshur street,
Twenty-ninth street from Bunker
Hill road to Upshur street, and
Bunker Hill road.
The council voted to ban park
ing along both sides of Perry
street between Thirty fifth and
Thirty-seven streets, from 7 to
$3.50 am. Action was taken to
halt all-day parking by streetcar
and bus commuters.
Mayor Herbert w. Reichelt an
nounced that the transit company
buses would be rerouted over
Thirty-fourth street, instead of
Thirty third street, starting Sun
day. Thirty-fourth street recently
was widened and resurfaced.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Falls Church Operate!
Under New Charter
As Battle Signs Bill
BY the Assoeioted Pres,

RICHMOND. April 5.-Falls
Church today is operating under a
new city charter.
Gov. Battle signed a bill ap-
proving the document yesterday
together with five other measures
sponsored in the General Assem-
bly, by Edwin Lynch. Fairfax
County delegate. The charter bill
contained an emergency clause
that made it effective as soon as
it was signed.
The other Lynch bills affect
Fairfax County. They would:
Permit an increase in salaries
of county School Board members;
allow the State Highway Commits
sion to require water companies
to supply fire hydrant connections
when pipes are laid in highway
rights of way; set the per diem
pay of commissioners and sur
veyors for rearranging magisterial
districts at $25, and allow towns
to use the county Zoning COM
mission instead of a town group
The Governor also signed a
bill directing the State Board of
Education to prepare tests for
public school children to see how
much they have learned. The
law requires that the tests be
given at least every two years.
Other legislation among more
than so bills approved by the
Governor authorizes creation of a
coastal turnpike authority to
build an express highway between
Virginia Beach and North Caro-
lima coastal points.
Evening star., 1950-04-05

Tropical birds and animals were
emerging from winter quarters at
the Zoo yesterday to spread wings,
stretch necks (as in the case OF
the giraffes) and sniff the spring
air.
The worlds biggest storks
which came to Texas by accident
and thereafter never lacked for
press agents, rushed out Of the
Bird House, testing wings some
what smaller than those on B-3e
bombers.
The jibirus are native to Gen.
trail and Northern South America
unless storms blow them into
Texas across the Gulf of Mexico
Trying outdoor cages also were
two huge monkey-eating eagles
one from Central America and the
other from the Philippine Islands
The American bird is somewha'
smaller than the one from tht
Far East, owing probably to tn,
fact that it mixes sloths with
monkey meat as a routine diet
and thus requires less dexterity tt
capture it's prey.
Giraffes Stroll in Paddock.
The Zoos big herd of five gi
raffes from Eastern Africa were
strolling about in their outdoor
paddock after a winter indoors
This herd, three of whose mem.
bers were born here, is probably
the largest in captivity, with the
exception of the collection ir
Copenhagen.
A Canadian wild goose was
feeding yesterday with an assort-
ment of wing-clipped water fowl
in the pond just above the bear
pits. The big bird apparently
joins the seasonal migration and
drops in here on it's way North
each April.
Zoo Director William M. Mann
thinks the wild honker might have
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Arlington Head Urges
Gifts in Cancer Fioht

Arlington Manager A. T. Lund-
berg yesterday called upon county
residents to join in. the crusade
against cancer.
by contributing to the Amer
ican Cancer Society, you will be
building broad research program
launched against a threat to man
kind" Mr.. Lundberg said.
April is Cancer Control Month
with the society sponsoring its an
nual educational and fund-raisine
campaign throughout the country
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Lambert Named Moyor
Of Chevy Chase VILLAGE

Arthur G. Lambert, attorney,
has been named mayor of Chevy
Chase Village, Inc, at a meeting
of the board of managers of the
Chevy Chase Village Association.
Elected to fill a vacancy in the
board was Mrs. Edith Jarvis, and
George Ferris was named a vice
chairman by the board.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
League Seeking
Sothoron Act
Referendum
Women Voters Ask
Government Survey
In Prince Georges

The Prince Georges County
League of Women Voters will seek
a referendum on that portion OF
the Sothoron Act which calls for
a fulltime chairman of the Board
Of County Commissioners. Other
provisions of the disputed county
reorganization law would not be
voted upon.
At a meeting in HyattSville last
night the organization also voted
to take up home rule proposal
at its annual meeting in May and
renewed its demand for a survey
Of the county government.
The league named a committee
to circulate a petition on which
about $500 names would be re-
quired to obtain referendum or
the Sothoron bill. passed at the
recent General Assembly. Half OF
this number would have to be flee
by June and the remainder by
June 30.,
A referendum can be obtained
on any part of the bill. the State
attorney generals Office said. SEN
ator Sothoron declared, however
that a referendum would neces-
sarily affect the whole act and
would force a special session OF
the Legislature.
Full Training Demanded.
Mrs. Irma Bogdanoff. league
president, said her organization
based its action on these points:
That full-time county COM
missioner, who would perform
duties substantially the same as
those of a county manager and
would receive $500 a year
should be fully trained and in
every way prepared for such 8
responsible position.
The bill provides that the full
time official would be chosen by
the five county commissioners
from among their number.
I'VE believe" Mrs. Bogdanofi
said, that any business concern
handling transactions totalline
So million year, as does the
Prince Georges County Govern
ment. would insist on a profes-
sional manager whose oualifi-
cations had been demonstrated"
Another objection voiced by
the league is that all five county
commissioners when elected "are
on the same level" that is, the
commissioner who would be named
to serve full-time could not be
discharged if he proved inefficient
This. Mrs. Bogdanof said, is ir
sharp contrast to the usual
county manager who is employed
and serves at the discretion of the
commissioners board
Call for Survey.
In addition, the league objected
on the grounds that voters would
not know at election time which
candidate might be named for
full-time duty.
The league said a survey of the
county government should have
been made before the Sothoron
Act was passed and that it is i'm
portant that such survey be car
ried out after it becomes effective
While the commissioners would
have power to make changes in
the county governmental struc-
ture," Mrs. Bogdanoff said, "they
could not be expected, unless they
are professionals. to know just
what changes should be made"
The committee appointed to cir
culate the petition includes Mrs.
Mary O'Dwyer. Mrs. Georgia Ben
jamin, Mrs. Virginia Wolfe, Mrs.
Rose Lewis and Mrs. Herbert
Conrad,
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Holiday in Prince Georges

Prince Georges County Offices
at Upper Marlboro and Hyatts-
vile will remain closed Good Fri
day. County school children will
begin their Easter holidays after
today's classes and will return
next Wednesday.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Winds Spread
beItsviIIe Fire
Over 500 Acres
Domoee Estimated
At S., 900 Wrought
BY Six-Hour Bloze

officials at the Agriculture De-
partment's experimental farm in
Beltsville. Md. today began an
investigation OF q Are which
burned nearly 500 acres OF wood
land in and around the reserva-
ton.
The blaze. famed by 4o-mile-
an-hour winds. ragged for nearly
six hours yesterday and extended
to within 3 miles OF Laurel. Dam
age was estimated at $4,000.
More than 500 Prince rGeorces
County volunteer flremen. Fort
Meade soldiers and civilians final
ly brought the fire under control
shortly after s pm,
Although the fire threatened
several buildings. including the
home of Breckinridge Long. for
mer Assistant Secretary OF State.
only one structure was destroyed.
1t was a radio shack on the re-
search center grounds.
Two Firemen Injured.
Two firemen were injured and
several others narrowly escaped
death.
H. w. Schlosser. State forest
supervisor for Prince Georges,
Montgomery, Anne Arundel and
Howard Counties. accused officials
of the experimental farm OF negli-
gence by withdrawing their men
about an hour after the fire was
discovered.
At that time, he said, only about
5 acres were burned. Shortly
afterward. however. the fire broke
out again, he asserted.
SS0-Acre Fire in Montgomery.
In the meantime, scores Of
volunteer flremen in Montgomery
County put out a 30-acre forest
fire. l mile east OF the Viers
Mill Village development near
Wheaton.
In all. there were 81 field fires
reported in Prince Georges County
yesterday and 20 in Montgomery.
Mr.. Schlosser said the Belts
vile fire either resulted from a
cigarette thrown into the high
grass near the farms beacon light
or was set deliberately"
He added that a backfire set
to halt the advancing flames got
out of control when the winds
increased.
The fire sent up columns Of
smoke 5000 feet high. They were
visible in Baltimore. Washington
and in parts of Virginia and
Southern Maryland.
At its peak. the fire covered an
area roughly bounded on the east
by Muirkirk road. on the south by
the research center, on the north
by the Bowie-Laurel road and on
the west by line about two miles
east of the Baltimore boulevard.
Three Trapped in Creek.
The two firemen injured were
Robert F. Lefwer, Laurel. who suf-
fered head burns. and James
Beetle, 40. Landover Hills, who was
overcome by smoke.
Three College Park volunteer
flremen were trapped in a creek
for half an hour while flames
swept over their heads. The three,
Joseph Beattie, jr., %; Richard
Negus. 81. and Robert Rausch, %,
were filling portable tanks at the
creek when the fire approached
them
Three other firemen, L. A. Wat
son, F. x. Geary and Robert
Groshen, of the Hyattsville Volun-
teer Fire Department, were
trapped for a while on a road
when flames leaped across the
road and blocked their escape.
Also threatened was the Branch
vile Rescue Squad ambulance. It
was saved when a Hyattsville
engine poured water on the flames.
Evening star., 1950-06-11

been approved, it goes to Mr..
Brooks or one OF his aSSo-
ciates for the fine work OF
transposing that design onto
metal
The design-let us say the
basic figure is portraits
reduced In size photograph
ically TO that OF a postage
stamp. Mr.. Brooks traces the
outlines onto celluloid. being
careful TO put in the proper
face shadings. Then he covers
the outlined celluloid with a
coating of wax.
That coating Is faced down
on a plate of soft steel and
rubbed gently until it leaves
the tracing on the metal The
tracing is then stained with
a weak solution of acid. The
next step Is to pour etching
ground. a liquid containing
asphaltum. over the tracing
With a sharp. rattail-like
tool called an etching point
he begins putting fine dots
on the portrait. These. you
would think. would give the
subject somewhat the appear
ance of blossoming with
measles, but when the work
Is done the dots are not no.
ticeable to the unpracticed
eye. Actually, these dots are
what give the portrait a
softer tone; they mellow the
sheer, hard outline.
When the portrait is dotted
in the engraver pours over it
an etching acid which bites
below the surface of the
metal and makes the outline
more prominent. Next, with
a knifelike instrument called
Evening star., 1950-06-11
u. S. Postage--From
Design to Stamp

As ARTISTS go, Charles
~ Brooks Is virtually un-
known. yet his pictures sell
by the millions.
Any one who has mailed a
letter In the past decade
probably has pasted on the
envelope a Brooks-made pic
ture. He Is one OF seven pic
ture engravers who carve
most OF the dies used In the
production OF postage stamps.
In his cubicle at the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing he
cuts pictures on metal to be
used on stamps of all denom-
nations. These pictures may
be portraits or they may be
vignettes-little glimpses OF
American scenes. The pOr-
traits are those Of individuals
with a niche In American his
tory. such as Wilbur and Or
vile Wright. Samuel Gompers.
Moina Michael and Casey"
Jones, to name a few. An ex-
ample of a vignette would be
the picture of the Statue of
Freedom shown on the Scent
Freedom National Capital Ses-
quicentennial commemorative
stamp.
No brush or crayon does
this artist use. His tools are
acids and scalpel-like cutting
instruments. his canvas Is
soft steel. and a strong mag
nifying glass Is a must.
When a new issue of stamps
Is to be gotten out the general
idea for It's design Is handed
down by the Post Office De-
partment. Designers at the
Bureau of Engraving go to
work. When their draft has
Evening star., 1950-06-11

essary frame and lettering.
The rest belongs to the picture
engraver.
AS the work progresses, MIR.
Brooks has proofs run off SO
he will know how he is doing.
Is it too dark, or too light?
Are certain features promin-
ent enough, or are they too
prominent? 1t is easier to
darken than to tighten. To
darken, all he has to do is
engrave a line, dash or dot
deeper. But if he wants to
tighten, he must erase the
lines with a scraper, then
punch the surface back to its
proper level by exerting pres
sure on the back of the metal
and retouch the corrected
area.
1t takes about two weeks to
cut a vignette, slightly longer
for a portrait.
When he has finished his
job, the die is heat-treated
to harden it in order that
rolls may be taken from it
for use in making multi-Sub-
ject plates. The plates are
machined, hardened and then
bent into a half-cylinder SO
that they can be fitted on a
rotary press that prints the
stamps in web sheet form.
The worst enemy of a pic
ture engraver is rust. Mere
perspiration from the hand
can ruin a die. Therefore,
while the die is in preparation,
the engraver at the end of
each day washes it with clean
ing fluid and puts protective
grease on it.
Mr.. Brooks and his col
leagues are constantly turning
out metal pictures of Presi-
dents and historical greats,
not only for stamps but for
bonds, securities and souvenir
prints. Such pictures also are
held against the day when
new currency is to be issued
and the old pictures of Wash
ington, Lincoln, Franklin ct
al, made by engravers now
dead, are replaced with figures
of more recent years. S. b.
STAR PICTORIAL MAGAZINE
Evening star., 1950-06-11

another's work by the tech
nique.
1.-The way a man puts a
picture on steel is practically
like putting his name on it,"
says MIR. Brooks.
The picture engraver, how
ever, does not do the lettering.
A letter man lays out the
stamp to its proper size on
the die and engraves the nee
Evening star., 1950-06-11

a graver, he begins to fashion
the picture in more detail. He
uses lines, dashes or dots.
Lines give darkest tones, dots
lighteSt. How much of each
he cuts Is up to him, for it is
here that the engraver's in
dividuality comes into play.
Picture engravers have styles
all their own, and those in
the business can recognize
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-21

Burial took place at the Harland's
Creek cemetery.
Pallbearers were Mrs. Wade's
grandsons, Otis Harthcock, Joe
Harthcock, Capers Wade, Jr., w.
o. Wade, Claude Marshall, Ches-
ter Marshall, Homer Wade and
Cooper Wade.