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Evening star., 1951-03-08
County School Board
BacksPersonaIityT Test
For Manassas Pupils

A recommendation that : Ma
nassas schools continue using the
personality test that drew criti-
cism last month was approved yes
terda by the Prince William Coun-
ty School Board.
No one appeared at the regular
meeting of the School Board to
object to the test. There had been
rumors that delegation of par
ents might appear.
Supt. r. Worth Peters urged
that teachers continue to admin
lister the adjustment Inventory
Test" published by the Stanford
University Press.
Criticized as Prying.
The superintendent said the
QUESTIONABLE "is a proper test,
properly administered, designed to
help the children. He said that
he had not received any criticism
OF the test except in a weekly
newspaper editorial which resulted
in other newspaper stories.
The test. given to groups of stu
dents, had been attacked because
1t "pried into family affairs that
are none of the schools business. !"
Dowell j. Howard, State su-
perintendent of research, defend
ed the test, saying it is helpful
if administered properly. They
said that the school board had
sole authority. however, to decide
whether the test should be used.
New Member Installed.
A newly appointed member of
the School Board, Mrs. Nellie P.
PurviS, Quantico insurance agent,
took her seat yesterday as repre-
sentative of the Dumfries district.
She succeeds Mrs. Floy H. Nc
1nteer, also of Quantico, who re-
signed because of i'll health.
Mrs. Purvis was appointed by
the School Board Electoral Board.
She had the Endorsement of the
Dunfries Parent Teacher Associa-
tion.
j. w. Alvey of Gainesville was
elected board vice chairman, sue
ceeding Mrs. McInteer in that
position.
P. A. Lewis of Manassas, chair
man of the board, presided at the
meeting.
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not get a chance to serve as jurors
decided number of facts for
themselves at lulls in the trial. A
would-be juror asked her neigh
Dor the best way to take the
pucker out of my hooked rugs
they never lie fiat" The remedy
for puckering was given.
well, I knew you'd know, be-
cause your rugs never pucker. I've
often admired them"
We'll, my dear. I'm making one
now that is truly lovely" said
the woman who knows how to
take out the pucker.
Have you seen Mrs. Blank S
philodendron? She has it trained
right up on the ceiling and
must say I think it's stunning, ,"
another lady juror observed.
We'll, you ought to see the
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Firemen and Police Seek
Pay Raise in ARLINGTON

Arlington civic and business Or
ganiZations were asked today to
support a request by police and
f1remenpfor a Is per cent pay in
crease and a five-day week.
The Arlington County Paid
Firemen and Police Associations
said the salary increase could be
provided in the 1951-1952 budget
by raising the tax rate Sc cents
Beginning annual salary for
police and firemen is $3.50. The
associations said the working
hours of the fire department aver
age u hours a week. Police are
on a 48-hour week and they are
not paid for appearances in court
on their days off, the associations
added.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Hyde Sees Beer Tax
# Monopoly Ends

A Montgomery County beer tax
would have to be levied to replace
income lost to the county govern
ment if its beer monopoly is
eliminated. according to Mont
gomery State Senator De Witt S.
Hyde.
Senator Hyde told the Silver
Spring Board of Trade last night
he felt public revenue should be
collected through taxation rather
than governmental business oper-
ations.
He added the county's legisla-
tive delegation had not yet de-
cided whether to support his bill
to return the wholesale distribu-
ton of beer to private interests.
A public hearing will be held
on the question at pm. Satur-
day in the Bethesda Elementary
School.
Senator Hyde refused to predict
the effect a local beer tax might
have on the price of beer to the
consumer. He said the amount OF
tax could be determined only after
careful examination of Liquor
Control Board books to determine
what the profits were. The board
has reported a $134,000 profit fol
1850.
Evening star., 1951-03-08

Judge Mccarthy said that in the
historical Burr treason case, the
jury was kept sitting a full month.
The verdict was read within
half an hour-guilty as charged
by Mrs. Morris Bond of AMMAN
dale, Va.
The jury thus differed with the
decision in the trial of the real
Aaron Burr, who was acquitted.
Mrs. Bond, the forewoman, in
advertently delayed the course OF
justice few seconds by forget
ting her name when asked to at
test the verdict. Mrs. Bond had
been given a name not her own
in the imitation trial, and she
forgot it in the excitement of de-
livering the verdict. Judge Nc
Carthy said he did not recall a
similar instance.
Women in the audience who did
Evening star., 1951-03-08

were being called on to decide the
facts in real case.
Aaron Burr was played by At
torney Alfred Lee Hiss.
Three women were disqualified
as jurors in the trial" because
they said they could not return
a death sentence. In this prac-
tice case, death was the only al
lowable sentence, if the defendant
was found guilty.
Burr himself was presented:
Aaron Burr, stand up. Women
of the jury, look on the accused.
Aaron Burr, sit down"
The jury strained for a good
look. They heard the evidence
and the summations of both pros
ecution and defense. Then the
women retired to the jury room
to deliberate Burr's fate.
This did not take long, although
Evening star., 1951-03-08
School Board 10 Act
Saturday on Size Of
Arlington Bond Issue

The Arlington School Board is
expected to take official action
Saturday to set the amount of a
school bond issue to be submitted
to county voters this spring.
The board will meet at $50 am.
in the Stratford Junior High
School.
The expected action will be an
outgrowth of a conference with
County Board members last night
in which school authorities prom
ised economies in building rec
commended by the School Con-
struction Advisory Council will be
put into effect in projects to be
constructed from the school bond
issue to be submitted to the people
this spring."
County school officials have been
studying school cost problems with
the help of a 20-man volunteer
committee of prominent Arling-
ton businessmen, since the boards
proposed $7.5 million school bond
issue was turned down by voters
last November. The board has
been accused of building schools
with unnecessary "frills."
A figure on a proposed bond is
sue has been expected, although
a recent mass meeting of county
citizens, called to discuss what
kinds of schools are wanted, did
not deal with bond issue figures.
A pay-as-you-go plan supported
by taxation was generally con-
sidered too heavy a burden on tax
payers, however.
The board also will open bids
Saturday on a large addition to
Washington-Lee High School. The
contract will not be let, however.
until after a further meeting with
advisory members March 13. The
addition will cost more than 81
million.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Minister Now Ready TO Sell
Acre for S55,0OO Cash

The Rev. Harrison Galloway.
who earlier this year turned down
an $4,000 offer for his shack near
the Hecht Co.'S new store in Ar
llngton, is ready to sell now for
$4,000 cash.
The 68-year-old retired colored
minister. who lives at 604 North
Randolph street, said he turned
down the previous offer because
they wanted to pay in stocks
and bonds and I want cash."
The spry widower, whose acre
of land backs up to the $40 million
department store under construc-
tion near Wilson boulevard and
Glebe road, says he has lowered
his price because "the Lord will
soon be calling for me. I think .
Mr.. Galloway said he will "pay
the Government it's share" after
he sells the property and then
buy little house in Washington
and wait for Gods call"
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Handprints Sought
To Identify Dead Boy
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Mar. Police
tried today to get palm, foot and
finger prints from the body of a
small boy found in a blue denim
sack last Monday along U. S.
route $50 in Goochland County.
Officers hoped the prints might
help identify the youngster, whose
body contained some bruises about
the head.
Facilities of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation were being util-
lied in an effort to trace the sack,
which police said had the appear
ance of an Army barracks bag.
DR.. Godfrey T. Mann, State
chief medical examiner, said the
head wounds apparently were in
f1icted after death, which he at
tributed to exposure, suffocation
OF disease.
The medical examiners Office is
continuing a study of the badly
decomposed body in an effort to
determine the cause of death. The
Office also is assisting in restora-
ton of the body to help police
identify the youngster.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Mar. 8.-Two ad-
joining counties were put on
notice today that Baltimore
gamblers are moving in droves to
their territories.
Especially Anne Arundel
County, Judge Joseph Sherbow,
whose tenure in the city's Grim
inal court has been largely re-
sponsible for the exodus, was told.
Sergt. Joseph j. Byrne of the
police vice and gambling squad
made the statement.
Anne Arundel County fringes
the city on the south and has been
having it's own troubles with
gambling. The county commits
sioners at Annapolis recently sus-
pended the county chief of police
and then reinstated him in a
welter of charges and counter
charges about gamblers infesting
the area.
Judge Sherbow imposed 1000
fine and six-month Jail sentence
on Robert Lee, Baltimore.
Police described Lee as a near
big shot" gambler and said they
Evening star., 1951-03-08

blue and white porcelain that
Mrs. Doe has-perfectly mar
velous, really" another juror said.
"a friend of mine in Berryville
told me that she paid"
And another juror said, can
didly:
It'd hate to be tried by this
bunch, including me. I bet that
judge looking over here is think
ing the same thing"
Twenty women stayed after the
court was dismissed" to question
the judge on various points.
Judge Mccarthy was asked how
a jury foreman is chosen. He de-
ferred to Mrs. Bond as an expert
witness.
well, I just reached for the
transcript of evidence in the jury
ROOM" she said, land everybody
said. You be foreman SO I was. u
Evening star., 1951-03-08
County Requests
10 Tap
New Tax Source
Monteomey's Costs
Require More Funds,
Council Points Out
By Gene Goodwin

Legislation to give Montgomery
County authority to tap new
sources of revenue is under prepa-
ration. it was learned today.
The county's delegation in An
napolis is drawing up the measure
at the request of the County Coun-
Gil. Council members were quick
to explain, however, they have no
specific plans to use the authority
if it is granted by the General
Assembly.
J. Louis Monarch. council presi-
dent, said cost of running the
county has been increasing and
probably will continue to increase.
He pointed to the $200-a-year
cost-of- living wage boost to all
county employees last month. It
Is one of the major causes of
higher operating expenses, he said.
. 1T looks as though taxes will
have to be increased" Mr.. Mon
arch told a reporter. land we are
interested to getting broader tax
ing powers so we won't have to
tax the same people over and over
again."
New Revenue Sources Sought.
Mrs. Stella Werner, one of two
Democratic minority members,
suggested at a closed Council
meeting late last month that new
sources of revenue be explored in
view of the national emergency.
The Council decided informally
to have County Manager Irving
G. McNayr and A. K. Hancock,
director of finance, contact men,
bers of the county's legislative
delegation. They asked the dele
cation to prepare and introduce
legislation similar to a Montgom-
cry County bill which was passed
by the 1947 General Assembly, but
vetoed by then Gov. Lane.
That bill would have given the
county all taxing powers enjoyed
by the State with the provision
that any new taxes would have
to be approved by the State Board
OF Revenue. The stipulation was
included to prevent the county
from levying such taxes as those
on income and general retail sales.
Occupancy Tax Considered.
Under such a law, for example,
the county would be able to levy
excise taxes on such things as
cigarettes and alcoholic beverages.
and occupancy taxes on people
who rent houses or apartments.
The occupancy tax has often
been considered for Montgomery
County because its proximity to
the District gives it more rental
residents than the average county.
In fact, the 1947 delegation put
through a companion bill to the
general tax measure which pro-
vided specifically for a Montgom-
cry County occupancy tax not to
exceed 2 per cent. But that bill,
too, was vetoed by Gov. Lane.
The delegation, presumably con-
cerned by possible public reaction
to the new move, asked the coun-
Gil to make formal, written re-
quest for the legislation, accord
ing to Mr.. McNayr. The council
complied at another closed meet
ing this week.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Baltimore Gamblers Movinu
Into ? Adjoining Counties

arrested him on the way to his
new headquarters in Anne Arun-
del County.
The judge asked him where he
was going. Lee said he was headed
for Anne Arundel but II didn t
get that far"
IF you get tired of sitting in
prison" Judge Sherbow told him,
1.-The grand jury will be glad to
hear (about the headquarters
location"
The judge, who has been con-
Quoting a personal campaign
against gamblers, told member
of the police vice squad to get in
touch with Anne Arundel and
Baltimore County authorities.
In imposing $1,000 fines and six
month jail sentences on two other
gamblers, Judge Sherbow tried
uE1successfully to get them to tell
the, names of their superiors in
the book-making and numbers
rackets.
II don't know when the police
will get the real big Shots" he
said, but they seem to be getting
lpretty close"
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Induction Center Moves
To Alexandria Quarters

The Army and Air Force Re-
cruiting and Induction station,
formerly at Arlington Farms, has
completed moving into new quar-
tiers at 814 North st. Asaph street,
Alexandria.
The first pre- -inductees-a mixed
group from Northern Virginia and
Southern Maryland-were to be
given tests at the new station to-
day.
The new building has an as
sembly room that will accommo-
date 252 persons, in addition to
the regular enlistment Offices on
the second floor that will handle
40 or so.
The station handles men from
the District and. from the two
nearby States.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
$4,000 Asked From Fairfax
Toby House 1t Sold for 81 500

The Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors is learning first-hand
about rising real estate prices.
About IA years ago the county
sold its old aims house on Route
so about miles west of Fairfax
for approximately $500.
Now the Hospital and Health
Center Commission of the county
wants the supervisors to buy back
the building for $4,000.
Mrs. Donald wilkins of the COM
mission made the recommendation
yesterday. DR.. Fred C.. Heath,
county health officer, said the 13-
room building could be used as
Offices for the health department
and as a health center. He .old
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Montgomery Election
Of School Board Gets
Of Delegates
BY Staff Correspondent Of The star

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 8.-Mont-
gomery County legislators have
TIE edge today in an uphill fight
for an elected county School
Board.
In an unexpected action, the
House of Delegates yesterday
tossed aside an adverse report of
its Education Committee and
voted 81 to SO in favor of a bill
calling for selection of School
Board members in non-partisan
balloting.
: The measure carries a referen-
dunn clause calling for a county,
wide vote in November.
Votes were tailed after IS min
utes of sharp debate, marked by
clashes between Montgomery and
Prince Georges delegates. A few
minutes later, the House ap-
proved amendments providing for
election of two School Board
members at large and one from
each of the county's five council
districts.
Victory for Mrs. Rush.
The result was a smashing VIC
tory for Mrs. Leona Rush, the
only woman member of the coun-
tvs all-Republican delegation.
Mrs. Rush had buttonholed her
colleagues increasingly since the
Education Committee said mo"
last week. She had waged her
campaign in the face of the fact
that under present law, School
Board members in all of the
States % counties and in Bal
timore City are named by the
Governor. She also cVercame op-
position from DR.. Thomas G.
Pullen, State superintendent of
schools.
There has been no opposition
from Montgomery County" Mrs.
Rush declared. "On the contrary,
the plan has the support of civic
groups with memberships totaling
10000"
Obviously referring to DR.. Pull
len, who is an appointee, Mrs.
Rush said. eff we must do what
State-appointed officials tell us.
let's discard elections and stop
wasting our time here"
Nom Partisan Feature Scored.
Opposing the measure because
OF its non-partisan features, Dele
gate Leroy Pumphrey, Democrat,
OF Prince Georges County said.
When you cast aside the two
party system. you are making a
drastic change in our form of gov
ernment."
Delegate Perry o. Wilkinson,
Democrat, of Prince Georges, who
is chairman of the Education
Committee, told the House Per-
hapS all the counties should have
elected school. boards, if one is to
follow that system"
In reply. Delegate j. Frank Lii
lard, Republican, of Prince
Georges said:
II think that we would be we'll
advised to follow an ancient adage
and keep our noses out of our
neighbor's business"
Evening star., 1951-03-08

Twelve women-who will be
among the first women jurors
ever to serve in Virginia-sen-
fenced Aaron Burr" to death in
less than half an hour last night.
Another 40 women heard the
verdict" in Jury school,
Judge Walter T. McCarthy's Cir
cult Court in the Arlington Coun-
ty Courthouse Judge Mccarthy
hit on the school idea to teach
women, who have never served on
jury, "fow you got here and
what you're supposed to do"
A law passed at the 1850 Vir-
ginia General Assembly made
women eligible for jury service.
The program opened with
trial" of one Aaron Burr, accused
of treason. Women in the audi
ence were impaneled in normal
courtroom style, just as if they
Evening star., 1951-03-08

the supervisors space proposed for
his department in the courthouse
addition that the county plans to
build are inadequate.
Mrs. Wilkins said the 14-acre
tract on which the almshouse is
located could be used as site for
g hospital if the county decides to
build one.
The supervisors agreed to in
clude $50.000 in the proposed
1872 budget for the purchase.
A public hearing on the budget
will be held in April.
When the county sold the aims
house, it was in disrepair. 1t has
changed hands once or twice since
the county sold 1t. and has been
remodeled.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
15% of fredericksburg
Scales Inaccurate
BY the Associated Press

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Mar.
8.-Fifteen per cent of the scales
tested here recently by the State
were found to be inaccurate, ac-
cording to a report from the Di-
vision Of Markets. State Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Twenty-six of the 1863 scales
examined were incorrect, the re-
port said. Computing scales, which
both weigh items and register the
total price, were the worst Of
fenders-24 per cent of them were
inaccurate. The examiners found
100 per cent of the counter scales
tested were accurate.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Alexandra Defends Law
On SeIf-Service Gasoline

Alexandria officials today pre-
pared to defend in Circuit Court
the city's ordinance banning self
service gas stations.
Attorneys for w. c. Wills, owner
of the areas first such station at
3216 River road, virtually COM
pleted their attack on the ordi-
nance yesterday.
Mr.. Wills station went into op-
Grafton before the ordinance was
passed.
On the witness stand yesterday
the proprietor protested as "un-
fair" provisions of the ordinance
requiring him to hire more per-
sonnel than he planned and pro-
hibiting display of signs showing
the price of his gasoline.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Kensington Couple
Makes 9th and Last.
Visit to BIoodmobiIe|

A Kensington couple made their
eighth, and last, trip to the Red
Cross bloodmobile yesterday. They
won't be back because they are
too old.
At a pint a trip the contribu-
ton of Mr.. and Mrs. John j. Kelly,
1902 Midvale road. totals a gallon
each. but before they can give
again they will pass their 60th
birthdays. The Red Cross doesn't
take blood from any one over 80.
More than 120 other donors
came to the bloodmobile while it
was in front of the Kensington
Fire House.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Virginia High Court Asked
For Ruling on Annexation
BY the Associated Press


RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 8.-The
Virginia Supreme Court of APP
peals has been asked to review an
annexation courts decision which
awarded Alexandria 7.65 square
miles of land in Fairfax County.
Three members of the court
took no action yesterday after
hearing the county's appeal petit
ton presented orally by Common
wealth's Attorney Hugh B. Marsh
and former Delegate Robert j.
McCandlish.
Two main contentious were pre-
simultaneously and cxpediency
of the annexation had not heen
proved and the court erred in oe-
creasing by annexation a part of
a county sanitary district.
Evening star., 1951-03-08
Lundover Hills Benefit

The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Landover Hills City Fire Depart
ment will hold a benefit chicken
waffle dinner from l to 4 pm. Sum-
day at the f1rehouse, Seventieth
and Taylor streets.
Smyrna times., 1951-02-01

10 to 24O lbs $21.OO to S23.25
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
240 to $50 lbs $500 to S21.00
mostly S2O.50 per cwt.
Sows (GOOd Quality
200 to 300 lbs. s16.75 to $3.50
mostly SITS per cwt.
800 to 400 lbs. S16.5O to S16.75
mostly S16.25 per cwt.
Over 400 lbs. $15.25 to $16.25
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Bears (GoOd Quality
Under $50 lbs. S11.00 to $500
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs. $500 to $3.50
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Stays Good Quality
Over $50 lbs. $11.75 to $500
mostly S12.75 per cwt.
ShOats
Medium to good $1,000 to $3.50
mostly $12.50 per cwt.
Common $3.50 to $3.50, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Feeder Pigs (6-12 Wlcs. Old
Choice $500 to S14.50, mostly
$11.50 each.
Medium to good $500 to $3.50,
mostly $3.50 each.
Common $500 to $3.50, mostly
$4.25 each.
Horses and Mules
Work type $4,000 to $77.00,
mostly $4,000 each.
Butcher type $22.00 to $4,000,
mostly $28.00 each.
Live Poultry
Heavy breeds, Fowl $1.25 to
$1.70, mostly $1.45 each.
Cockerels $1.4O to $1.65, mostly
$1.6O each.
Light breeds, Bantam Chickens
$.55 to $50, mostly S.55 each.
Guineas $.85 to $1.45, mostly
$1.05 each.
Geese $500 to $500, mostly $500
each.
Ducks
Muscovy Ducks $1.05 to $1.40,
$1.15 each.
Muscovy brakes $1.50 to $1.S5,
$1.70 each.
Turkeys
Toms $500 to SIPS, mostly $3.50
each.
Hens $3.50 to $3.50, mostly $4.OO
each.
Rabbits
Large breeds $1.15 to $1.35,
$1.35 each.
Small breeds $.85 to S.95, mostly
$50 each.
Smyrna times., 1951-02-01
Agricultural Deferments

In his weekly broadcast over
WDEL, Douglas w. Troll, State
Director of Selective Service, dis
cussed Class nc, which is an ag-
ricultural deferment. Mr.. Troll
pointed out that the Selective Ser
vice System is aware of the farm
problem, and in speaking about
farm labor shortages he said, of
ten the needs of a farm commun-
ity can be met through deferments.
However, agricultural deferments
are not granted merely because a
worker deems himself eligible for
deferment. The local board
carefully surveys all angles of a
case before a deferment is given. F"
Mr.. Troll then outlined the pro-
cedure the local board use in con-
sidering a case for deferment. He
pointed out that information from
the County Agricultural Agent and
he United States Employment Ser
vice can be used by the board to
guide them in making a decision,
but a final decision rests with the
local board, not these agencies. The
State Director also spoke of the
Smyrna times., 1951-02-01
Miscellaneous

700 bu. corn, 1000 bales of hay
and straw, 100 bu. soy beans, sew
eral bu. of clover seed, 800 good
burlap bags, some household goods,
and many other things too numer-
GUS to mention.