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Evening star., 1951-09-15

weight and strain, they must be
kept in condition to exceed that
mark If lives depend on it. The
flatter the angle Of the ladder,
the more strain on equipment
including the rear tires of the
tractor which carries all the
weight of the extended ladder.
The aerials, almost as spec
tacular as the old smoke-pour-
ing, horse-drawn pumper, have
replaced the more simplified
water tower. The department
still has two of the old towers
still in service, both of them
near retirement age.
The simple reason for the trend
is that, while one tower will
throw 1000 gallons of water
into a single window only, an
aerial will throw 1000 gallons a
minute in several directions.
Daily Inspections.
Whether new or old, the
equipment requires daily inspec-
tions at the companies and an
nual inspections at the traffic
departments inspection stations
and they've never failed to
pass.
In a garage storehouSe ad-
jacent to the repair shop stands
a 1924 Seagrave aerial truck,
solid-rubber tires and old-fash-
ioned spring hoist for its lad
derS.
"Will it run?"
"Give us 10 minutes to put on
a carburetor, and it's ready to
go again." Assistant Superin-
tendent Mcdonald said.
There could be a new life of
service for the old-timer.
In a bombing emergency, it
already has been included In
plans to use its high ladders as
radio antenna.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Montgomery Papers
Ask County Council tc
End Closed Sessions

The board of directors Of the
Montgomery County Press Asso-
citation has urged the County
Council to discontinue it's prac-
tice of discussing matters of pub
lie interest in closed session.
The recommendation was con-
tanned in a resolution presented
to the council last night at an
informal dinner meeting with the
board.
In the resolution, the group
noted with growing concern the
increasing tendency Of public
bodies ranging all the way from
great administrative departments
of the Federal Government to the
smallest municipal government to
decide in private session where
the public interest lies"
Sees Danger in Trend.
If such a trend is permitted to
continue, the resolution stated
cit could overcome the basic con-
Icepts of public discussion Of pub
lie affairs and replace 1t with gov
ernment by official press releases
To prevent this, the board said
1T "favors and encourages oper
discussion of the public's business
by the council.
The press group conceded thai
closed meetings are sometimes
necessary when national security
certain personnel matters or con-
templated police action against
crime are involved. But, it con-
tended, such activities represent
only a small percentage of the
councils business.
Cites American Tradition.
1.-THE association must maintain
in the best spirit of American
tradition that the public business
is the public concern" the board
said. "And the press, radio, rep
resentatives of civic organizations
and individual citizens must be
able to listen to and report the
discussions and enactments o1
public business"
Council members who attended
the meeting were Mrs. Kathryn
j. Lawler, Lathrop E. Smith. Mrs
Stella B. Werner and Grover c.
Walker.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
BY the Associated Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Sept. Is
"A William and Mary Faculty
Committee launched a search to-
day for a "stop-gap" president to
succeed DR.. John E. Pomfret as
head of the historic college.
The seven-member committee
named yesterday at a closed
faculty meeting, will recommend
an acting president to the Execu-
tive Committee of the w. and M
Board of Visitors in Richmond
Tuesday.
While the group of professors
has no power to appoint any one
|on its own, its recommendations
are expected to be approved by
the board. Board Rector Oscar
Shewmake of Richmond, said the
Executive Committee desires to
cooperate with the faculty as
fully as possible"
POmfret Resigned Post.
The nomination of an acting
president will precede a wide hunt
for a permanent president to fol-
low in the shoes of DR.. Pomfret
who resigned Thursday night after
the Board of Visitors censured his
administration. The board charged
September that DR.. Pomfret and
his administrative force had failed
to act promptly in dealing with a
scandal in the colleges depart
ment of athletics.
The new permanent president
is not expected to be named until
Evening star., 1951-09-15
First Goods al ST. Johns
Include 7 From District
Special Dispatch TO The Siar

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 15.-Twc
Washington area girls are among
the co-eds who will make up al
most half of this years freshman
class when another terms begins
at st. Johns College, Septem-
ber %.
They are Priscilla Alden Hustled
1928 Reservoir road NV, ano
Janet Gardner Jenkins, 1923 An.
niston road, Bethesda.
Twenty girls are expected
among the so new students regis
tered for the great books" college
This is the first year that womer
have been admitted to the insti-
tuition founded in 1896.
Total enrolment is estimated al
$50, compared with 173 last year
William A. Darkey, director of ad-
missions, attributed the decline tt
draft calls on college-age youths
st. Johns also announced plans
for great books seminars in An.
napolis, Baltimore, Washington
EaSton, Hagerstown, Frederick
and st. Marys County.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 15.-Spurred
by irate neighbors, a Maryland
official declared yesterday some
thing drastic has to be done
about love-making and mari
huana-smoking parties in historic
Patapsco State Park.
Supt. Robert L. Palmer said the
1,600-acre park has become a
haven for prostitutes, teen-age
beer drinkers and dope addicts
He noted that more than 40 cases
of indecency and disorderly con-
duct have resulted in arrests this
summer.
1T must have been bad when
234 persons signed a complaint
petition" said Mr.. Palmer.
The park superintendent's files
bulge with statements taken from
offenders arrested in the park
which is west and southwest OF
Baltimore and a stones throw
from the line of march taken by
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Richards Pledges Support
OF Fairfax County Schools

Harris T. Richards, Republican
candidate for the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors. last night
promised to work for an improved
and expanded school system in the
county if elected.
Mr.. Richards, guest of honor at
a dinner of the Republican Com
mittee Of Fairfax County in the
Alexandria Room, 1925 Prince
street, asserted that "we must vote
the money to provide schoolrooms
necessary for all children-one
schoolroom for 80 students and no
half day sessions"
He contended only so per cent
of county residents pay county
taxes, adding that expanded edu-
Icational facilities, health services
and capital improvements are de-
pendent on an equitable and ade-
Iquate tax system.
In addition to Mr.. Richards,
Nathan PaulSon, candidate for
State Senator; Miss Viola Reed
and Douglas Clark, candidates for
the House of Delegates. addressed
the rs persons at the dinner.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Faculty Committee at w. & M.
Seeks Temporary President

next spring, when the board will
have five new members.
There were indications today
that the Faculty Committee may
recommend one Of its own mem
bers for the acting presidency
Names mentioned unofficially IN.
cluded those of DR.. William G
Guy. DR.. Dudley w. Woodbridge
and DR.. James w. Miller. All ART
chairmen of college divisions.
DR.. Pomfret yesterday declined
anew to present his side of the
dispute with the Board of Visitors
Has No Statement.
'I do not intend to make 9
statement, now or later" he said
And he added, when asked about
reports he might be asked to re.
consider his resignation:
"My decision was final. I know
of no move to keep me and ]
would not accept"
Meantime, several names hao
popped up in speculation as to
prospective nominees for the post
of permanent president. They
include:
Vice Admiral John Leslie Hall
jr., commander of the Western
Sea Frontier and of the Pacific
Reserve Fleet, who is a w. & M
alumnus; DR.. Sharvy Umbeck
president of Knox College and
former William and Mary dean;
DR.. Charles F. Marsh, w. g. M
professor Of economics, and j.
Malcolm Bridges. executive direc-
tor Of the Richmond Chamber OF
Commerce.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
u. Of Virginia Board
Clears ; Professors
OF Leftist Charges
BY the Associated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Sept
discharges of leftish bias made
against three University of Vir-
ginia faculty members by a col
league have been rejected by
Unanimous vote of the schools
Board of Visitors.
The full 14-man board met here
yesterday and gave a clean bill OF
health to DR.. John Gange, direc-
tor of the university's Woodrow
Wilson School of Foreign Affairs,
and two of his associate profess
sors, Alfred P. Fernbach and
Charles Micaud.
The 'left-wing, in fact, pink
accusation against the trio had
been made by DR.. Homer G..
Richey.
A faculty committee conducted
an investigation into the charges
last fall and reported there was
no evidence to back them up. DR..
Richey termed that inquiry a
"whitewash' and asked the board
to probe the matter.
Questioned by Board.
The board questioned DIR.
Gange earlier this summer and
heard from the two other profess
sors Thursday. Yesterday the
board adopted the following reso-
luton:
Resolved, that the petition that
DR.. Richey be elevated to a full
professorship and that DR.. Gange
be dismissed from the faculty OF
the Woodrow Wilson School of
Foreign Affairs be denied; that
evidence adduced in support of
the petition does not warrant ac-
tion demanded; that the board
finds no evidence justifyins the
conclusions stated by DR.. Richey
concerning the professional quail
fications and fitness of his aSSo-
ciateS on the faculty, and that
the board appoint a subcommittee
consisting of three members to
record it's reasons for this ac-
ton"
Rector Declines Comment.
Barron F. Black, the Norfolk
attorney who is rector of the uni
versity, declined to elaborate on
the resolution.
The denial of full professor
ship to DR.. Richey in the resolu-
tion goes back to some recon-
mendationS made by DR.. Gange
more than a year ago.
In May, 1850, the director of
the Wilson school recommended
that Mr.. Eernbach and Mr..
Micaud be promoted to associate
profeSsorships and that DR.. Ricey
be given a one-year appointment
as acting associate professor.
DR.. Ricey declined. His tenure
as assistant professor expires in
June, 1852, unless he is reap
pointed. He asked the board to
make him a full professor.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Safeway Stores
.ToAsk Higher
Food Ceilings
Hundreds of Items
Included, Chain
Spokesman Says
By james G. neone

Washington's biggest grocery
chain plans to seek higher ceiling
prices on many food items.
The chain-Safeway Stores, Inc.
already has asked the Govern
ment for increase on Al items,
ranging from flour to soup. APP
plications for additional raises will
be filed as fast as possible, a
spokesman said.
Altogether, about half Of the
chains stock of some 500 "dry
grocery" items probably will be
affected. the spokesman added.
The increases are being asked
under the So-called Capehart
amendment to the economic con-
trolls law. The amendment per-
Imits sellers to pass on to con-
SumerS all cost increases from the
start of the Korean var to last
July 26.
Meat Ceilings Challenged.
Safeway also is challenging the
Governments present ceilings on
some meats. 1t has asked the
Emergency Court of Appeals to
overrule Price Stabilizer Michael
v. DiSalle's refusal to raise pork,
lamb and veal ceilings.
The chain has $50 stores in the
Washington Metropolitan Area:
It also is seeking higher grocery
ceilings in the rest of the 1000
stores it operates in % States.
Application for increases on the
first Al items here was filed with
the Office of Price Sterilization
Tuesday. The chain is surveying
the rest of it's stock and viii file
the additional applications with
in the next month, according to
the spokesman.
An OPS official declined to state
when the agency is likely to act
on the first request. If the appli-
cation is denied, the food firm
could then protest the present
ceilings as unreasonable and take
the matter to court.
Alternative Acceptable.
AS an alternative to applying
the Capehart amendment, Safe
way told OPS it would be satisfied
with adjustments under another
amendment which prescribes cell
ings assuring groups of sellers the
same profit margin they earned
before the Korean war. This, too,
would mean price increases, but
in other chains as well.
Safeway is the only chain oper-
ating here to ask higher ceilings
to date.
The food chains spokesman
said Safeway has been caught in
a squeeze" between rising costs
and ceilings, and that this is what
the increases are intended to
correct.
Increases requested already
range up to Z cents. Represent
ative items. with the present and
proposed ceilings, are:
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Coming Suspect Seized
On Virginia Building Job

Fairfax County police yesterday
arrested a man after they said
they saw him accepting numbers
bets on construction job near
Groveton.
Willie Quarles, As, colored, of
the 1000 block of Eleventh street
NV. was arrested by Pvt. Hilary
jenkins and charged with operat-
ling a numbers game. Bond was
lset at $500.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Colonial Beach Men Fined
After Fight With Policemen
By the Assoeioted Press

COLONIAL BEACH, Va, Sept
15.-Two Colonial Beach resi-
dents have been fined more than
$500 on charges growing out of a
fight with police here last month
The charges against the men
John Stewart Camp, 18, and
Everett Brown, about 35-in-
cluded disorderly conduct, de-
stroying private property, resisting
arrest and assaulting a police
officer.
Mayor L. c. Costenbader fined
Camp $425 and costs, and Brown
$210. He dismissed charges of as
|sault and battery which Camp
and Brown brought against three
Officers.
The two men noted appeals tc
the Circuit Court.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Firemen Plan CornivuI
AT BuiIeys Cross Rouds

The Baileys Cross Roads Volun-
teer Fire Department win hold its
annual carnival Mondy through
Saturday on the lot next to the
fire house.
The carnival will open with q
parade at 1880 pm. Monday
through the Parkwood-C -Culmore
area and down Leesburg pike to
the grounds. A beauty contest will
follow at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
BY chorIes J. Yorbroush
Car trouble?


Multiply many-fold the trav-
all of the meticulouS motorist
who cringes with every squeak
and you'll have an idea of what
it takes to keep a fire depart
ment on its wheels.
From the beginning, it means
paying from $4,000 to $4,000
as the initial cost for an auto
motive creation that gives up to
three miles to the gallon.
When you say "fill 'er up" it
means 35 to go gallons.
You'll give it a wash job or
a wipe-off every day, even
though it hasn't been out of the
barn, and maintain a crank
case full Of oil as clear as the
day it poured out of the can.
Tires are never, never re-
capped or regrooved. If the
battery is consistently below the
normal mark, it must be dis
carded. Frequent fabrication
means five times the number of
greasing points found in the
average automobile.
Is Years Active Service.
You'll keep it Is years on ac-
tive service; another 10, in re-
serve and ready to run. Usually
you'll sell it for junk after the
25th year, and often it will have
less than 5000 road miles on
it-not worn out. but too old.
More than 140 such prob
lens in the Washington fire de-
partment are the responsibility
of w. H. Boswell, superintend-
ent of machinery, and his as
SiStant. Henry Mcdonald.
In an undersized workshop at
639 North Carolina avenue Sc,
in a building built in 1913 for
horSe-drawn equipment, these
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Hopkins Wins Delay
In Drunk Driving Case

A hearing on charges of drunk
and reckless driving against w.
Curtis Hopkins, register of wills
for Prince Georges County, was
continued to October 10 in Upper
Marlboro Police Court yesterday.
The continuance was granted at
Mr.. Hopkins reqeust. A Republi-
can and former sheriff, he was
elected to his present post last
fall.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Baltimore Mother
Adds QuodrupIets
oFomiIy of Five
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 15.-Mrs
Susie Avance took six minutes to
add four children to her fatherless
family of five late yesterday-then
told doctors "I'm hungry"
Quadruplets were born to the
3l-year-old colored mother in City
Hospital here after 80 minutes Of
labor.
Just nine months ago she gave
birth to son. The quads are
about six weeks premature. Hos
|pital officials said the infants and
their mother are getting along
well enough for the present"
Mrs. Avance told hospital Off
cials that her husband was killed
in a. stabbinp two months ago.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Schmitt Seeks Detail,
|0f Magnesium Effect
On Water FIuoride

Further details on the reported
counteracting effect magnesium
may have on the fluoridation pro.
|cessing Of water are being sougf
by E. A. Schmitt, chief of the
water supply division for the
Corps of Engineers here.
The District is getting ready tx
fiuoridate the city water as 9
measure for preventing tooth de.
cay in children. The preparation.
are expected to take severa
months.
Reports from New York or
Thursday described discovery of 6
flaw in the treatment: That toC
much magnesium, which is pres.
ent in food and drink, blocks the
good work of huorine.
The report was made to the
18th International Congress o1
Pure and Applied Chemistry BY
DR.. Albert E. Sobel Of Brooklyn
N. Y, head of the biochemistry
department. Of the Jewish Hos
pital there.
May Depend on Locality.
The findings indicated that how
much good the f1uoride treat.
ments did-either through pro.
cesSing Of water or direct applica.
ton to children's teeth-might
depend on the locality and the
type of food and drink a person
takes.
Magnesium is in the soil, plants
have a little and animals get some
from eating the plants. The
amount of magnesium a person
takes in depends on how much
there is in the soil his food comes
from. There is a small amount
present in the tissues and blood
DR.. Sobel said a little added
phosphorus in diet probably would
block of the magnesium.
Mr.. Schmitt is interested In
finding out, if possible, how high
the magnesium content in the wa
ter supply would have to be tc
have a counteracting effect or
fiuoride. He is writing to DR.. SobeI
for an elaboration.
Little Hard Water Here.
In analyzing the water supply
officials have been interested, here
tofore. in magnesium content prin-
cipally as component part of the
hardness of the water.
The hardness of water in Wash
ington is not considered high, and
no softener is used. The officials
estimate that Washington's water
without softening, compares with
that of some of the hard regions
of the Midwest after softening
Hardness comes mainly from mag
nesium and calcium compounds.
The total hardness here aver
ages about 81 parts per million.
An analysis Of magnesium in the
District water from 1929 to 194s
indicated it ranged from Ia tC
ga parts per million. A 1948 re.
port on the raw water at the Dale
carlia plant put the content at ar
average Of 40 parts Of magnesium
per million.
Evening star., 1951-09-15

start from a cold motor to full
throttle at the turn of the key.
Any amateur mechanic can tell
what that does to a motor.
When the average driver
hears unusual noises under the
hood, he creeps to the nearest
garage. When a fire department
driver detects engine trouble in a
pumper supplying water to fire.
men in a burning building, he'll
burn up the engine before he'll
shut it off. A connecting rod
Evening star., 1951-09-15
I AIexandrians 10 Attend
Municipal League Session

Seven Alexandria officials will
attend the 46th annual conven-
ton of the League of Virginia
Municipalities tomorrow through
Tuesday at Roanoke.
They are Councilmen James M.
Duncan, jr., r. Samuel Luckett
and Roy c. Bragg; City Collector
c. Page Waller. Purchasing Agent
William Coping, Finance Director
E. G. Heatwole and William
Canister, assistant to the city
manager.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Boy Spills Hot Cusfard,
Suffers Severe Burns

A 2-year-old boy is in critical
condition at Arlington Hospital
with burns suffered yesterday
when he upset a pan of hot GUS
tard on his chest.
He is Patrick Kane, son OF
Navy 1t. and Mrs. Robert F.
Kanze, 30O7 North Ninth street
Arlington.
Mrs. Kanze said she had placed
the custard on a sideboard in the
kitchen when Patrick pulled the
pan over on him.
Evening star., 1951-09-15
$57.465 Chest Quote
Is Set for Arlington

Arlington County's quota for the
coming Red Feather Campaign
has been set at $57, ,465, the Ar
|lington Community Chest an
|nounced yesterday.
The drive begins October Is.
and the chest asked for volunteer
solicitors, both in the business
and residential sections. Arlington
residents who are able to give
their time for this service were
asked to go to the Community
Chest and Council Office at 1851
Washington boulevard, or tele-
phone oxford 2971 or Chestnut
l5116.
Evening star., 1951-09-15

costs only $55,, compared to q
human life.
Mechanics seldom accompany
fire trucks on call until after
the second alarm. Breakdowns
in service are almost unheard
of.
Strain on Aerial Trucks.
Aerial trucks, of which Wash
ington has as many as any city
in the world, are one of the
most intricate pieces Of equip
ment. Stressed for a stipulated
Evening star., 1951-09-15
Small Fires Hit Hecht
Store in Silver Spring

Two small fires broke out
within a 15-minute period late
yesterday in the Hecht Co. S
Silver Spring store and caused
an estimated 500 damage. Both
were quickly extinguished.
The first fire occurred in the
dress department on the first
floor and the second broke Out
in a small stockroom on the
second floor.
Store officials, who made The
damage estimate, said business
was not disrupted by the fires