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Evening star., 1951-10-01
By jones J. CuIIinone

"And it is the Judgment Of
the court that you shall be i'm
prisoned for not less than 10 or
more than 80 years. ="
The shoulders of the young
man slumped as he heard he
black-robed District Court jurist
foretell his future. Deputy mar
shals grabbed his arm to hasten
his tagging steps.
He was en- route to Lorton Re-
formatory to join 1,417 other
felons. Soon he would learn
from them the hobbies and avo-
cations that help imprisoned
men divert their minds from the
slow passage of time in a place
where clocks tick of years, in
stead of seconds.
Checkers baseball :.
plnochle ;. football music
horSeshoes books i.
gardening study classes
all Of these diversions for idle
hours" are available at Lorton,
where Supt. Edward j. Welch
runs his recreation program to
keep his charges from going
stir r/crazy."
Study for Freedom.
But prisoners find their great
est diversion in an unsponsored
hobby-the practice of prison
law"
IT'S fun because there's al
ways a chance. however slim.
that it will pay off with the
greatest prize Of all-freedom.
Each month District Court
judges receive almost 40 petit
tions and motions from the
"Lorton Lawyers. Some are
penciled scrawls with misspelled
words. Others are neatly typed
in fancy legal language. Seldom
is the writer an attorney. In
fact, most of them think Of a
bar as a place to get q quick
short beer.
In the hours when prisoners
converse before lights out"
they gather in little groups to
discuss every phase of their
trials. Veteran repeaters con-
tribute the knowledge they have
gained in courtroom sessions
and in other prisons.
Where 1t Paid OFF.
Now there was a guy on the
West Coast in a squeeze like
yours. but he had a smart
mouthpiece, see," the conversa-
tion goes. We'll, this guy
makes a motion to set aside
the sentence, but the Judge
won't buy none of that so he
goes to the Court of Appeals
with a writ of habeas corpus,
and the guys walks out free. :"
The prisoners quickly figure
they have nothing to lose, so
they begin drafting petitions for
writs based on the newly dis
covered precedent.
Almost invariably the prison
lawyers" lose. Supt. WEIGH can
remember only three or four
who have been successful In the
last IL years.
In Trenton. N. j., recently,
the court set free a long term
prisoner because the sentencing
judge had failed to make it
clear that his sentences on sew
eral charges were to run Con-
Evening star., 1951-10-01
School Course
Dispute Taken
To State Board
Survey to Determine
IfIt Violates
Regulations Sought

Arlington school officials today
asked the Virginia Department of
Education to survey a ninth grade
course which a group of parents
seek to have abandoned.
The parents claim the course,
known as general education, vio-
lates State regulations because it
requires students to carry too
many credit hours.
Assistant Schools Supt. Charles
j. Walsh of Arlington has written
Thomas Hamilton, director of Sec
ondary education for Virginia,
asking that a high school super
visor be sent to Arlington to sur
vey the ninth grade program land
to determine whether or not
the program is in line with
that recommended by the State
board :"
Mr.. Walsh's letter also invites
the surveyor to make suggestions
If necessary as to recommended
changes"
Parents File Petition
The parents have outlined their
opposition to the general educa-
ton course in a petition filed with
the schoolboard. A spokesman de-
clared the filing of petition was
the first step toward compelling
the board to abandon its require
ment that all 9th grade pupils
take the two-unit course,
1t is charged in the petition that
Arlington'S school board violated
Regulation 10 of the State Board
by failing to see that State laws
are carried out. The petition
quotes from a recent bulletin of
the State Board as follows:
Pupil load-Four unit courses
each semester, in addition to
health and physical education,
shall be considered a normal
amount Of work carried for credit
toward graduation by the average
pupil. The school may permit
those exceptional pupils who
rank in the upper Is per cent to
carry for credit as many as five
units or the equivalent.
The petitioners claim that the
two-unit general education course
in the ninth grade. however, re-
suits in q five-unit load for every
student. General education is a
combined course of grammar, lit
eratufe and social studies, and
takes the place of separate Eng
lish and social studies classes Ar
lington schools used until 1948.
Manual Outlines Care"
School officials acknowledged
that students carry five units in
the ninth grade. including the
general education course. algebra
and two electives. They said in
most cases. however, one of the
electives was a subject requiring
little out-of-class work, such as
music, art or shop.
The Virginia State Board of
Education manual of high school
administration outlines a "core"
curriculum of even large scope
than the one used in Arlington,
county school officials said.
One signer Of the parents petit
ton, James r. Miles. sr.. of 1901
North Kirkwood road. said requir-
ing all children to take "core" is
"a reactionary attempt to shape
all pupils in the same mold.
have been able to determine that
the value of core is the subject
Of much disagreement among the
leading educators of the Metro
politan Area, and that most Of
them consider it to be still in the
experimental stage"
Mr.. Miles, a former teacher,
added that he objected to his son
being used as a guinea pig in
such an experiment.
Evening star., 1951-10-01
Virginia Crashes Kill IS;
State Toll Goes to III

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. R.-
Death stalked the highways IS
times in Virginia over the week
end.
That many persons lost their
lives in accidents Saturday and
yesterday as the States traffic toll
pushed to TIL for the year.
The worst wreck occurred Sat-
urday night in Floyd County. A
truck bounded off State Route
750, smashed into a tree. over
turned and trapped six men in.
side. Four of them were killed.
The victims were Roscoe Phil
lips. "a, and his 19-year-old BROTH
er Marvin; Charles j. Bishop, 80,
of ChristianSburg and Early
Simpkins, 20, of Indian Valley.
Near Fredericksburg a 42-year-
old mans ordeal of tragedy was
made harder when he was pinned
beneath his steering wheel for
eight hours, his dead father beside
him.
Myer Lucas of King George
County was driving a pickup truck
which careened off State Route 3
into a creek. His father, John
Henry Lucas. 81, was instantly
killed. The son lay trapped until
a passing motorist spotted the
wrecked truck after an eight-hour
lapse.
Other victims included 10-year-
old Roy Edgar White. who had
just got out of Sunday school
when he and his brother, Leonard
White, Is. decided to go to q
creek near their home at Foster
Falls in Wythe County to check
on fishing line. On the way the
car, driven by Leonard, went out
of control. Both boys were tossed
out of the vehicle. Roy was killed
and Leonard suffered a fractured
skull.
Evening star., 1951-10-01
By the Asseeiatsd Press

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. Oct
This city's traditional dog
mart, now two weeks away. is ex-
pected to draw more people and
more dogs this year. Last year
Is, 900 persons attended.
Inquiries about the time hon
ored sale here have come from 80
States and as far away as Eng
land.
Last year few dogs were auc-
toned because the prices didn't
go high enough to suit most
owners. More than a few took
their dogs off the block and back
home.
Scheduled this year for October
Evening star., 1951-10-01
Washington Man browns
In Fall at Herald Harbor

A Washington man drowned
yesterday at Herald Harbor, Md,
when he fell from a boat.
He was Robert r. Bowen, about
46, colored. of the 1900 block OF
Clay street NE.
Anne Arundel County police
said he was helping unload some
cargo from boat at Smiths Boat
Yard and apparently toppled into
the water.
Police and rescue squad workers
recovered his body several hours
later.
Evening star., 1951-10-01
Forest Grove PTA to Meet

David L. Weed, a member of
the Montgomery County Board Of
Education, will speak at a meet
ing of the Parent Teacher Asso-
citation Of the Forest Grove tMd.)
Elementary School at 8:15 pm.
tomorrow In the school.
Evening star., 1951-10-01
Vernon Citizens Meet

Officers will be elected at the
annual meeting of the Mount
Vernon (Va) Citizens Associa-
ton at 8 o'clock tonight in st.
Luke's Episcopal Church on Fort
Hunt road.
Evening star., 1951-10-01
Herman Heads Realty Group

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Oct. l
F.-A. S. Herman of Norfolk has
been elected president of the Vir-
ginia Real Estate Association, sue
ceeding John w. Bates of Rich
mond. Mr.. Herman was chosen
at the organizations closing con-
vention session here Saturday.
Evening star., 1951-10-01
Four Corners Elementary

Four Corners Elementary School
PTA members will hold their first
meeting Of the fall at 8 pm. to-
morrow at the school, Old Bla-
densburg road, Silver Spring.
Leslie M. Able. past president of
the county's council Of PTAs. will
,Neak.
Evening star., 1951-10-01

Miss RaZ, who
succeeds M S S
Ursula johnson
in the pos t,
lives at 1928
Tu n ! a W road
N. M j S S
j o h n on re-
signed to take a
similar position
in B er k e ley,
Calf.
A graduate of
Battle Cree k
College, Mis- S
RaZ holds a
masters degree
Evening star., 1951-10-01
cCormick Named Deputy

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va, Oct.
l R.-Robert o. Mccormick of
Charles Town has been named
deputy sheriff Of Jefferson County
by Sheriff Ernest Watson. He
succeeds Carrie Lee StrideE re-
signed.
Evening star., 1951-10-01

s c n o o !, 3 ] 8
South Fillmore
street.
The confer
ence is spon-
sored by Mrs.
H a z e ! Moore,
A r ! i n g t o n
County chill d
care counselor
and the Arling-
ton Pre-School
A S S o c / a g
ton. There will
b e our S e s.
sionS, from 8 to
IN M nm four
Evening star., 1951-10-01
City Of Hope Chapter Meet

The Montgomery County-Dis-
trict Of Columbia Chapter Of the
City of Hope will meet at 8 pm.
Wednesday at the Montgomery
County Jewish Community Center,
East-West highway. Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-10-01
0okton School League

The Oakton School and Civic
League will meet at 8 pm. We'd
lnesday in the school in Fairfax
tSounty.
Evening star., 1951-10-01
Driver Is Killed,
I CIV Students
Hurt in Crash
Potuxent SuiIor Dies
In St. Morys Wreck;
a Injured in District

seven george washington Uni"
versity students, including two
members of the football team,
were injured and a Baltimore man
was killed in an accident near
Charlottesville, Va. yesterday.
The George Washington stu
dents were on their way homo
from Saturdays game with the
University of Virginia, which the
Colonials lost, 20 to o. Two Of
the injured students, Kenneth
Raymond Belliveau, 10. and James
William England, 81, both of 814
Twenty-second street NV, are
starting players for the CIV team
and were standout performers in
Saturdays game.
Virginia State police identified
the dead man as Henry Austin
Davis, 36, of Baltimore. They
said his southbound automobile
skidded on a curve, crashed into
the students car and overturned
down an embankment. A pas
senger in Mr.. Davis car, Price j.
Robinson, jr.. %, of Baltimore,
was admitted to the University Of
Virginia Hospital with multiple
cuts.
Others Injured.
Injured in the students car be-
sides the two football players were
Donald Francis Ring, 19, of 1904
G street NV, who was driving:
Constance Dyerson, IS. of 1850
Harvard street NV; Delmar
Dyerson, 20, also of the Harvard
street address; Robert Leslie Park
Iinson. 81, of 814 Twenty-second
street NV, and Jerry Wendell
Marvel, also of the Twenty-second
street address.
All the injured students were
taken to the University of Virginia
Hospital where Mr.. Ring was ad-
mitted with head injuries. The
others were treated for cuts and
bruises and released. Mr.. Eng
land later was admitted to George
Washington University Hospital.
where he was reported in satis-
factory condition today.
The accident occurred on Route
20 about 2 miles north of Char
lottesville.
Rams Bridge Abutment.
One sailor was killed late Sat-
urday and two others hurt when
their automobile went out of con-
troll on a curve, crashed through
a guard rail and rammed a bridge
abutment on Route 5, about
mile south of st. Ingoes, in st.
Marys County. Md.
Killed was Ordell Elwood Aason,
I23, a passenger in the car.
Billy E. Bailey. %, and George
j. Allen. %, the GEiver, were in
ljured.
They were returning to the
Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
where all were stationed.
In accidents in the District over
the week end, a 66-year-old
grandmother suffered serious head
injuries when the car in which
she was passenger collided with
another car at Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Thirteenth street Sc.
yesterday.
Driven BY. Son.
Police said the car was driven
by James c. Nalley, %, of Lam
ham. Md. His mother, Mrs. Mary
E. Nalley. was admitted to Cas-
ualty Hospital with the head in
juries.
Also suffering minor injuries
were his father. William H. Nal
ley, "a, and his niece, Mary
Nalley, Z.
The other car was driven by
Marine Sergt. Ralph M. Flowers.
81, of Quantico, Va, police said.
A passenger in his car, Marine
Jack T. Minard. 20, also of GUAM
tico. was treated for cuts.
Evening star., 1951-10-01
Child Care Conference
Opens Annual Session
In Arlington Thursday

The sixth annual work confer
ence on child care in Arlington
County will open at 8 pm. Thurs
day at Thomas Jefferson High
Evening star., 1951-10-01
New Girl Scout Secretary
Named in Prince GEORGES

Miss Gertrude Raz is the new
executive secretary of the Prince
Georges County Girl Scout Office
in Mount Rainier.
Evening star., 1951-10-01
Board Of Trade Meeting

The Silver Spring Board of
Trade viii hold It's first business
meeting Of the fall at $50 pm.
Wednesday at the Indian Spring
Country Club.
Evening star., 1951-10-01

from Columbia University. and
has had several years experience
in public service work with the
Red Cross in the Washington area.
The Nome nugget., 1951-01-22
Big Four May Have Conference

WASHINGTON, P-The U. s., Britain and France will call on Russia this week to state its atti- tude toward sitting down with them to talk over a wide range of world problems.
 The Western Powers note, care fully worded, will be delivered in Moscow probably tomorrow. It will be the fourth in series of exchanges between Russia and the West on the idea of holding a Big Four meeting.
 The curious thing about this ex- change is that none of the govern ments involved seems to feel that a Big Four session actually would result in substantial agreements and thereby lessen world tension.
 On the contrary, some authori- ties here feel that tensions at the end of any such session might be worse because of its failures.
 Nevertheless, the three Western governments, and particularly the British and French, seem to think it is necessary to go through the motions of meeting and talking things over for two main pur- poses: First, to prove an interest
The Nome nugget., 1951-01-22
Apartment House
 Burns InFairbanks

FAIRBANKS, (R-Five fam lilies were made homeless by a $50,OOO apartment house fire Fri day night.
 A frozen fire hose in 50 degree below zero weather hampered fire fighters. For 12 hours fire trucks shuttled half mile to bring water to the fire.
 Cause of the blaze was undeter- mined. The homeless families were taken in by neighbors.
 Only casualties were froStbitten
The Nome nugget., 1951-01-22
Prescribe Cure For Sore Feet Of Alaskan Reindeer

CHAMPAIGN, H., (P) = Sore feet on Alaska's reindeer resulted from an infectious disease, the college of veterinary medicine, University of Illinois, said recent ly.
 A request was received recently from Bert B. Babaro, veterinarian of the Arctic Health Research Center, Anchorage, Alaska, to di- agnose the ailing feet of the do- mestic reindeer herds. The anil mals reportedly were too footsore to search out their food.
 From his description and two specimens of the feet he sent along, the college determined the disease was infectious podo der matitis. It could be cured by use of an antiseptic medicine obtain able in Anchorage, they added.
The Nome nugget., 1951-01-22
10th Legislature 'COnvenes At
 Juneau

Continued from Page One) legislature is holding the line at appropriations made in the past biennium. However, we should probably try to appropriate more for revenue-producing depart ments - the department of taxa ton and the Territorial attorney generals office"
 McCutcheon said moves to re- locate certain government agen- cies, in a lining effort, probably will be supported by Third Division Legislators. They sought to get some of them, and a new Territorial office building, in the AnchorageIPalmer sector last session.
 "It seems odd, for example" said McCutcheon, "that the Terri torial department of mines is To- cated in Juneau when all the min ing is done in the Second and Fourth Divisions. Similarly the departmental agriculture is in Fairbanks, while the highest per- centage of farming is carried on in the Matanuska Valley and the Kenai Peninsula"
 Sen. Gerrit GIeinie) Snider, newly elected Republican, sug- gested in Anchorage:
 "Why hasn't tax been placed on contractors working in the Ter ritory on government projects, as Governor Greuning suggested to the Legislature at the start of the 1947 session? Contractors work ing on government projects oper- ate on a cost plus fixed fee basis, so it would be painless tax, with the contractor passing it on as part of the cost of operation to Uncle Sam."
 Senator Engebreth who presided over the 1949 Senate, lists as the one-two-three prob le ms: The school situation, reorganization of the fiscal structure of the Terri torial government and remodeling of some bills passed in 1949.
 "The Territory is sadly in need of better and more complete school facilities" Enebreth said. "In or der to achieve them it may be necessary to bond the Territory"
 Such bonding proposals were made also in the 1949 Legislature.
 Engebreth cited the treasurer's and the auditors offices as most in need of revamping.
 One thing appears certain, as in all Alaska Legislatures( there will be some lively arguing and politi- cal tug-of-warring in the next 60
The Nome nugget., 1951-01-22

in leaving no possible avenue to peace unexplored, and second, to gain whatever propaganda advan- tage there may Joe in the course of the talks.
The Nome nugget., 1951-01-22

Uruguay is the smallest Repub- lie in South America.
The Nome nugget., 1951-01-22

The Fire Department answered a call from the Nome School this morning which fortunately was a false alarm.
 A radiator had leaked in one of the main floorlocker rooms, which was at first believed to be smoke instead of steam.
 It is reported that the evacua- ton of the school was orderly and quickly under way. thumbs and eyelidS.
 A policeman and fireman had to remove their boots and separate their toes, which had frozen to- gether.
Evening star., 1951-01-06
Aesthetics VS.. Common Sense

Harassed motorists who drive over the
Memorial Bridge will welcome the news that
common sense has over aesthetics in the
long -drawn-out battle over repaving of the
bridge. Aesthetics had stalled for year the
use of $2o7 900 appropriation for repair of
the much Travelled span between the Lincoln
Memorial and Arlington. The delay resulted
from dispute between park and road officials
over what type of surface to put on the bumpity
roadway-granite blocks. or asphalt. Asphalt
finally won out over the more artistic but more
costly and less practical granite.
The jolted motorists did not care much
what type of paving was chosen-just so some
thing was done to reduce the shock on automo-
tive and human bodies. The situation pounded
along month after month"; until finally the
Fine Arts Commission was called in as arbiter.
The commission took the sensible view that
practical considerations of safety and comfort
should prevail over any aesthetic considerations
involved in retaining the granite blocks. So
the rough surface soon is to be smoothed out
and overlaid with coating of nonartistic but
serviceable asphalt. Why 1t required year to
settle such simple pro1e remains mystery.
Evening star., 1951-01-06
This and That .
By Charles E. TroceweH

by a number of hands and presents
the scholar in his many moods
X
Schweitzer" gives African animal pic
lures as written from time to time By
DR.. Schweitzer, who, as writer, doctor,
musician. helper of mankind, is one of
the most interesting of living men.
Here are first-hand impressions of his,
which show how he came to his doc
trine Of the reverence for life"
He goes into the ethical teachings of
India, especially Jainism and Ahimsa,
along with the significance Of Buddha's
ethic Of compassion.
Many modern person, reading here,
will realize for the first time in his
life, perhaps, that many millions of men
have lived lives of kindness, alongside
the warriors and other killers.
He gives one story from Chinese
book. "The Book of Rewards and
Punishments." The story: ''The wife of
a soldier named Fan was tuberculous
eat the brains of hundred sparrows
as remedy. When she saw the birds
in the cage, she sighed and said: Must
it be that hundred living creatures are
to be killed that I may be healed? /
would rather die than permit them to
suffer She opened the cage and
allowed them to fly away. 4 little while
Evening star., 1951-01-06

afterward she recovered from her
Illness
One of the charming drawings by
Richard Bartlett shows the Chinese
lady allowing the birds to escape from
the big cage.
From one of DR.. Schweitzer's books
come commandments from monastic
Taoism. AS quoted from "The Animal
World of Albert Schweitzer," we present
them here for all friends of animals:
Thou shalt kill no living thing nor
do injury to its life.
'Thou shalt not consume as food the
flesh and blood Of any living creature.
Thou shalt not strike or whip
domestic animals.
"Thou shalt not Intentionally crush
insects and ants with they foot
Thou shalt not play with hooks and
arrows for thine own amusement.
Thou shalt not climb into trees to
remove nests and destroy eggs.
Thou shalt not frighten and scare
away birds that are brooding on their
nests.
Thou shalt not pluck or pull UP
flowers without a reason.
Thou shalt not pour hot water on
the ground in order to exterminate
insects and ants
You see. kind people belong to all
nations, and to. all religions.
Evening star., 1951-01-06

Books actually received as Christmas
gifts often differ from the theoretical
gifts.
One booklover received four, and liked
each one very much.
They were "The Thirteen Clocks" By
James Thurber, published by Simon
g. Schuster; "F. o. Matthiessen, a
Collective Portrait" edited by Paul M
Sweezy and Leo Huberman, published
by Henry Schuman; "T-Bone, the Baby
Sitter" by Clare Turlay Newberry, pub
lished by Harper, and ."The Animal
World of Albert Schweitzer," translated
and edited by Charles r. Joy. Beacon
Press.
Not q traditional best-seller on the
list, although Thurber's book was to
get in, by the skin of its teeth, shortly
after Christmas.
Thurbers book, by the way, is fairy
tale for grownups, and a good one.
"T-Bone" is all about big black
and white cat and the baby in its house.
Clare Newberry's drawings, SO much a
part of her books, are always joy 10
persons who like cats. Not so much be-
cause they look like cats, perhaps, as
because they so give the very impression
of cats, their ways, their likes and dis
likes. In other words. the lady knows
her cats-also her babies.
The book on the late F. O. Matthies-
sen, who introduced Henry James to
thousands of readers Of today. is done