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a reasonable prospect for success
full treatment. An alcoholic COM
mitted to jail will remain there
for several days, until his physical
condition improves.
The program is designed to help
persons charged with family dis
turbances, not motorists serving
time for driving while drunk, ac-
cording to Mrs. Hughes.
Psychiatric services will be ar
ranged, if needed, through the
alcoholic clinic of the County
Health Department.
Visits BY Volunteers.
Volunteer personnel provided by
Alcoholics Anonymous plan to
visit the room each evening for
about an hour and a half, Per-
sons admitted to the room for
treatment will remain there about
a week.
The contributors are we'll salts
fed with the cheerful appearance
of the room, Mrs. Hughes says,
but, I'VE are looking for someone
to contribute a radio or television
set"
Persons released after treat
ment must report to Mrs. Hughes
weekly by telephone and must
report in person once a month.
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Bx WiIIiom ]. EIyin

A comfortably reha-
bilitation room for alcoholics, the
first of it's kind in Virginia, is in
use in the Arlington County Jail.
The room is expected to play
an important part in a co-opera-
tive effort by number of agen-
cies to help alcoholics return
home to a normal family life.
Furnishings for the room. which
adjoins the admitting Office of
the Jail on the third floor of the
County Courthouse, were provided
by the Northern Virginia Commit
tee on Education on Alcoholism
and by Alcoholics Anonymous.
Program of Two Agencies.
County Court Judge Hugh Reid
and Sheriff Elwood Clements and
their StaffS are cooperating in
the program of the two agencies.
Judge Reid is chairman of the
Northern Virginia committee and
one of his probation aides, Mrs
Marguerite K. Hughes, is execu-
tive secretary.
Patients normally will be drawn
from prisoners, who will be con-
sidered for the program if they
wish to participate and there is
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Virginia Negroes Ask
Federal Court 10 End
School Segregation
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, May "a
Negro attorneys have fired the
second shot in their announced
campaign to get rid of racial
segregation in the Virginia public
school system.
A petition filed in Federal Dis
trict Court here late yesterday re-
quests a Judgment restraining the
Prince Edward County School
Board from enforcing provisions
of the State constitution and
statutory law which prohibit
the non-segregated education of
whites and Negroes.
The suit goes directly to the
heart of the race question. since
it attacks the validity of the Vir-
ginia law and disregards the pre-
vious issue of separate -but-equal
facilities.
I'VE hope that a favorable de-
cision from the court will be eff
fective throughout Virginia" said
Spottswood w. Robinson III, a
member of the Richmond law firm
of Hill, Martin & Robinson.
First Step Taken.
The first step in the all-out
drive to eliminate racial barriers
in Virginia schools was taken last
month with the filing in Roanoke
of a petition for an injunction
that would open the white high
schools of Pulaski County to Ne
gro students.
Unlike the suit against Prince
Edward officials, however, the Pu-
laski action does not raise the
broad issue of segregation VS.. dis
elimination. A hearing on the
Pulaski action has been set June
18 in Roanoke.
Mr.. Robinson said the suit
against Pulaski County school
officials is aimed at eliminating
discrimination which the Federal
DlSLrlcC court mas ruleQ exists IN
the schools there.
Suit Followed Petition.
The suit against Prince Edward
County arose from an unsuccess-
full petition to have the white
schools in Farmville and the rest
of the county opened to Negro
Students. The Prince Edward
County School Board rejected the
petition only two days ago.
The petition was filed after $50
Negro students at r. H. Motion
High School, staged a two-week
strike over alleged inadequate
facilities at the school. They
ended the walkout May 7 after
the petition was presented to the
School Board.
Plaintiffs in the case are more
than 100 parents OF Negro school
children attending Farmville
schools. The defendants-School
Supt. T. j. McIlwaine and the
School Board already have
secured the services of the Rich
mond law firm of Hunton, Will
liams, Anderson, Gay & Moore
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related; an ex-high school class
mate in Anchorage, Alaska, a
soldier IN a plumbing school at
Fort Belvoir. a sailor in San
Diego, Calf, who wanted her
opinion-and got ton what type
of heating unit to use in his house
and an offer from a Sarasota
(Fla.) real estate man to sell her
a good site for a plumbing COM
pany.
Lillian refused an offer from a
Granville tPa.) boy to become
her plumbers assistant.
Miss Baumbach's social invi-
tations have not been restricted
to the mails. An Arlington woman
telephoned Lillian's father to pro-
pose a match between her son and
the pretty plumber, but that was
quickly vetoed.
The saddest letter Lillian re-
ceived was from a man in Penn
sylvania, who had sent her an
earlier series of letters. His latest
message was that he had found
the lone girl in the world for
him" and he hoped Lillian would
understand if they stopped cor
responding. Lillian understood.
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Pretty Plumber Pen Pal of ESQ Men
BY Brion Bell, Jr.

Lillian Ann Baumbach, 21-year-
old miss from Arlington. Va. and
the country's first woman master
plumber, has become the pen-palI
of more than $50. men in the
United States and overseas.
Pretty Lillian first hit the news
in February with news of her en-
trance into a previously mascu-
line profession. Since then the
mail has been coming in patches.
The wire services spread Lillian's
fame-With picture-to the far
corners of the globe, and she's
been receiving letters from every
section of the United States.
Alaska, Australia, Germany. Korea
and France.
Arlington's post Office knows
Miss Baumbach's address without
and the mails still
pouring in. The letter carriers
have even delivered envelopes
addressed simply THE Pretty
Plumber"
Calm About Rise to Fame.
In addition to her voluminous
correspondence, Lillian has been
on two local television shows, a
New York TV program and a
radio broadcast; has written a
magazine article tHelpful Plumb
ing Hints for Housewives) has.
been a cover girl for a national
plumbing magazine and has re-
ceived gifts-including light
weight wrench-from manufac-
turers in her trade.
Lillian, who sticks close to the
service managers desk at her
fathers plumbing business, 4147
Wilson boulevard in Arlington,
and leaves the heavier work to
the men. is taking her sudden rise
to fame calmly.
1--WE had a lot of fun with all
these letters" she said, leafing
through the many envelopes,
"but Dad doesn't seem to be i'm
pressed.
Il had to get my cousin (Vir-
ginia SMITH to help me answer
all the letters. And we're just
about caught up with the latest
batch"
Lillian's favorite letter was from
a soldier in Korea, who COM
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Rockville Residents Asked
For Views on FIuoridation

Rockville officials today urged
residents of. the town to express
their views on whether their
water should be f1uoridated.
The officials pointed out the
only support for such a move so
far has come from the Lone Oak
Parent-Teacher Association.
They added they would not act
favorably on the question until
"a majority of the citizens express
IA desire for fuoridation, if for no
other reason than the fact of it's
costs, which will be reflected in
increased water rates.
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Virginia Methodist Women
End Roanoke Conference
By the Associated Press

ROANOKE. Va, May 24.-An
address by DR.. Mack Stokes, pro-
fessor of Bible and psychology at
Emory University, concluded the
18th annual meeting here today
of the Virginia Conference of the
Women's Society of Christian
Service.
Officers installed last night by
Bishop Paul Neff CARRIER of Rich
mond included Mrs. Roscoe M.
White of Richmond, elected presi-
dent for her fifth term. Other
officers elected and installed:
Mrs. j. A. Berry, Roanoke, vice
president; Mrs j. A. B. Lowry,
Crewe, recording secretary; Mrs.
r. G. Pullen, Vincton, promotion
secretary, and Miss Virginia
Southgate, Norfolk, treasurer.
All were reelected except Miss
Southgate, who replaces Mrs. ia
cob W. Hevener, Staunton. Mrs
Hevener resigned after 26 years
in the treasurer's post. ,,
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Iplained the radiator in his tank
leaked and wanted advice. Lillian
may have her master plumbers
certificate, but her answer was
strictly feminine: Patch it with
Ia bobby pin and some well-chewed
gum"
Rations Her Photos.
Almost all the letter-writers
have asked for pictures of the
attractive plumber, but Lillian
has been rationing her photos
with care. She's also passed up
some interesting invitations-a
week end at the Naval Academy,
a teleVision show in Chicago and
numerous dinner dates.
Her overseas mail-75 letters
from Korea alone-has included
election as pin-up girl for an in
fantry company, complaints from
an Australian soldier that it's
too far from Brisbane to Arling-
ton and a photograph request
from a Netherlands soldier in
Korea.
Other interesting correspond
ence has been from lady in
Colorado, who thought they were
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Woman Charging Assault
Held AIonq With Man

A man charged with rape and
the woman he is accused of at
tacking are both being held.with-
out bond in the Alexandria Jail
today.
George Boxtail, %, colored, Of
the TOO block of Third street S.W..
was ordered held on a rape charge
fer grand jury action after
hearing yesterday before Judge
James R. Duncan in Alexandria
Civil and Police Court.
Held as a material witness in
the case was a 35-year-old colored
woman, who. police said, accused
Boxtail of attacking her in an
alley in the 1000 block of Wythe
street early yesterday. 81
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back at Fort Meade. So he re-
Iquested a transfer, to see some of
the world.
He was sent to Korea in Janu-
ary, where he was assigned to
the Oath Division. On April "a,
he was leading a working party
|of about rs South Koreans up a
hill above the 38th Parallel, when
Ia hidden enemy mortar battery
started firing.
II was struck in the left calf
before I could hit the dirt" Sergt.
Kruger said. And out of that
whole crowd, I was the only one
the Chinese did hit"
Right now, Sergt. Krueger, who
wants to make the Army his ca
reer. thinks nothing would be
nicer than to be re-assigned to
Fort Meade for awhile. After the
war. perhaps, he'd still like to see
some more of the world.
But I don't want to go back to
Korea" he said. 1--WE seen Karea. +"
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Virginia AH Opposes
Race Bias, but Effect
OF Move eIsQuestioned
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND. Va, May 24.-The
Virginia State Federation of La
Dor stands today in favor of the
elimination of "all racial, re-
ligious and economic discrimina-
tion" but there's a wide diverg-
ence Of opinion as to the effect
of this position.
A resolution. passed at closing
sessions yesterday of the 55th an
Inual VFL convention. means just
what it says" declared Dave
Alston.s Norfolk Negro, who intro
duced the proposal. Virginia la
Dor is opposed as a group to dis
elimination. In time there won't
be any segregation in the VFL. :"
But Jack S. Smith Buckroe
IBeach-elected yesterday to a
sixth term as VFL president
said he didn't think "the resolu-
ton will change a thing" He got
support from Frank Adams, chair
man OF the Resolutions Commit
Itee, which reported the measure
to the convention floor.
Mr.. Adams pointed out that the
resolution says the VFL will sup
port the actions of the American
Federation of Labor to the end
that all racial, religious and eco
nomic discrimination be abol-
Iished."
Officers were installed at the
CLOSING session, including Smith;
Eugene Hubbard, Alexandria, vice
president, and I. C. Welsted, Rich
mond. secretary-treasurer
Installed as board members
were:
Preston George. Lynchburg; r.
G. Joyner, Newport News; A. L.
Beckner. Norfolk; H. F. Putnam,
Portsmouth. r. E. Gregory, Rich
mond; A. E. Wilson, Roanoke; r.
l.. Barnes, Winchester; F. E. Teter,
Waynesboro, and George Tabor,
Franklin.
| Mr.. Aston was one of five Negro
board members installed. The
Others. were Nathaniel Jordan,
Franklin; S. M. Leak, Alexandria; !;
A. j. Monroe. Richmond, and o. j.
Shaw, Petersburg. -
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Maryland Announces
Reorganization Plan
In Health Department
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, May 24.-An ex-
tenSive reorganization of the
Maryland State Department of
Health. with accompanying ap-
pointmentS and title changes, will
go into effect July /.
Adoption of the new organiza-
ton plan was announced by the
State Board of Health yesterday
The reorganization is in line with
"a study by the State Fiscal Re-
search Bureau and 1851 legisla-
tive act carrying out the bureaus
recommendations.
Under the new organization, all
activities of the department will
be grouped under eight main
units: The Office of the Director,
the Office of the Deputy Director,
Bureau of Laboratories, Bureau of
Preventive Medicine, Bureau of
tuberculosis. Bureau of Medical
Services and Hospitals, Bureau of
Environment Hygiene and Bureau
of Management.
Appointments as chiefs of the
various bureaus and divisions
included:
DR.. c. A. Perry. Bureau of Lab
oratories; DR.. Edward DavenS, Bu-
reau of Preventive Medicine; DR.
Leon H. Hetherington, Bureau OF
tuberculosis: DR.. Mark V. Ziegler
Bureau of Medical Services and
Hospitals; Clemens w. Gaines, Bu-
reau of Management; DR.. A. w.
Hedrich, Division of Vital Records
and Statistics; DR.. C. E. Waller,
Division of Venereal Disease Con-
troll Miss Helen A. Fisk, Division
.of Public Health Nursing; DR.. Paul
v. Lemkau, Division of Mental Hy-
giene; DR.. Richard C. Leonard
Division of Dental Health; DR.
Herbert Notkin, Assistant Chief
Bureau of Medical Services and
Hospitals; Herbert G. Fritz, Divi-
sion of Hospital Services; George
u. Hall, Division of Sanitary En-
gineering; DR.. William F.. Rein.
dollar. Division of Industrial
Health and Air Pollution; C. S
Brinsfield, Division of Food Con.
troll; Dr.. l.. M. Kantner, Division
Iof Drug Control; j. D. Donovan
legal adviser and chief, Division
Iof Bedding and Upholstery.
DR.. r. H. Riley is director o1
the department, with DR.. Dean
Roberts as his deputy. The CHIEF
of the Bureau of Environmental
Hygiene will be selected later.
Evening star., 1951-05-24
PorochioI School Wins
Honor for Citizenship

The Catholic Civic Club of st.
Martins School in Gaithersburg,
Md, has been honored by the
Commission on American Citizen
ship of Catholic University for
good citizenship activities.
The Most Rev. P. j. Mccormick,
rector of the university. an
nounced awards to nine schools
over the country. Another nine
received honorable mention. of
which st. Martins was ospe.
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SO Students Receive
Maryland u. Awards
In Amphitheater

More than so University of
Maryland students were honored
at a ceremony last night in the
Tunnel Amphitheater, College
Park.
Principal speaker at the Annual
Honors and Awards Assembly was
DR.. Harold Benjamin, dean of the
college of Education.
The awards were presented for
outstanding scholastic accom-
plishments as we'll as for out
standing citizenship.
The awards and the students
who received them are:
Women's Citizenship award,
Marilyn Langford; Mems Citizen
ship award. Elmer Wingate;
American Association of University
Women award. Ruth Rosenfeld;
Alpha Lambda Delta Senior Ger
tificate award, Ruth Lodge; James
Douglas Goddard Memorial medal,
George C. Martin; Sigma Chi cup,
Gilbert Preston Hull, jr.; Delta
Kappa Gamma award, Maija
Helene Vilums; Alpha Zeta medal.
Charles R. Rosenberger, jr.; Delta
Delta Delta Sorority medal. Selma
Gloria Balco, Susan Jane Patton
and Virginia Louise Warfield;
Omicron Nu medal, Alice M. Phil
lips.
Also Delta Delta Delta scholar
ship. Anne E. Sorrell; Dinah Ber-
man Memorial. George H. Wopp-
man; Bernard L. Crozier award.
Charles May; American Society of
Civil Engineers award. George C.
Martin; Tau Beta Pi award, Rich
ard R. Weiss; Delta Gamma
scholarship award, Myrna Doris
Schlossberg; Women's National
Airport Club award, Phyllis Ritter;
Charles B. Hale dramatic awards,
Jean Nyberg and Bernhard Works;
Rabbi Edward l.. Israel Interfaith
award, Diane Warn; William S.
IRosenbaum Memorial Foundation
award. Eleanor S. Shenker and
Judith Platt Olanoff; Alpha Rho
Chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma
award, George w. Shelton, and
the Delta SigmS scholarship
key, Donald JACKSON.
Band awards were made to
Howland Fisk reter ,Mergenovich,
IEmanuerp md Ernest A. Cob
Ilentz.Nha eceived pearl keys. and
to~hhe following students, who re-
scef1ed gold keys: Robert Brewrink,
lawrence Flenner, Philip Kyne,
William Pressman, Marjorie e
Brown, Marvin Fuchs, Donald
Lighter, Betty Richter, Lawrence
Chopper, Charles Huyett and Will
liam Praus.
The Pi Delta Epsilon award
went to Morris LeboWitz: the
Orange award, Roger Burtner; the
Sigma Alpha Omicron award,
Shirley Grosman; the Borden
Agricultural scholarship, George
Fry, and the Danforth Foundation
Summer scholarship, Suzanne
Miller.
Special athletic awards were
The Edward Powell trophy. Blair
P. Hall; the Dixie Walker Me-
mortal trophv Paul p Kosto-
poulos; the Tim Birmingham Me-
mortal trophy, Andrew Quattroc-
chi; the Teke trophy. John j.
Idzik; the Anthony C. Nardo Me-
mortal trophy, Robert r. Ward;
the Maryland ring, James Belt
and the Sylvester watch for ex-
|cellence in athletics, Elmer Win
gate.
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Judge Prescott 10 Speak
Al Memorial Day Services

Judge Stedman Prescott of
Montgomery County Circuit Court
will speak at Memorial Day exer-
cises in Silver Spring.
Wreaths will be laid at the
memorial stone in front of the
Silver Spring Armory by veterans
organizations of Silver Spring.
The service company, 115th In
fantry, Maryland National Guard
will furnish a firing squad and
bugler. Music will be furnished
by the Drum and Bugle Corps OF
Boy Scout Troop 294, sponsored
by Cissel Saxon Post of the Amer
lean Legion.
The exercises will begin al
Ill am. h
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Two Fl. BeIvoir Soldiers
Hurt in Cur-Truck Crash

Two Fort Belvoir (VaD soldiers
were injured early today when
their car collided with a cement
truck on u. S. Route l at Acco-
tink, military authorities reported
The injured were identified as
Corpl. Oswald Thigpen. compound
fractures of the left arm and
jaw, and Sergt. Thaddeus Bren-
nan. cuts under the left eye. Both
were taken to Fort Belvoir Hos
Ipital.
The two soldiers are attached
to headquarters company of the
Second Engineer School Battalion.
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Alexandra Councilman
Faces Major Operation

Alexandria City Councilman AL
bert A. Smoot will enter the Uni
versity of Virginia Hospital at
Charlottesville tomorrow to under
'go major operation.
Mr.. Smoot is expected to be in
the hospital at least two weeks and
will be required to remain away
from his duties at least month.
He lives at 410 Duke street Alex
|andria.
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Silver Hill Man
Named 10 Place
On Park Board
Carlton {. PyIes Gets
Planners Position
Held by Irwin Main

Carlton E. Pyles. 36-year-old
Silver Hill automobile dealer. was
appointed by Gov. McKeldin today
to the Maryland-N National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Mr.. Pyles, who lives at 4780
st. Barnabas road, Temple Hills.
will receive 81 200 a year and will
service until May l, 1857. He
succeeds Irwin I. Main of Seat
Pleasant, who has been commits
sion chairman.
Will Pick Chairman Today.
The commission will meet at
l 80 pm. today in its Silver Spring
office to elect new chairman and
vice chairman. The former vice
chairman, Cecil A. Eby, Bethesda.
has been replaced by Sidney M.
Oliver, Silver Spring.
Mr.. Pyles, a lifelong Republic
can, attended Oxon Hill High
School and has been in the auto
mobile business for 16 years. He
is president of the Pyles Motor
Co., Inc. and Pyles Properties.
Inc, Silver Hill.
He also is part owner of the
Temple Hills Development Co.
and a director of the Clinton
MD Bank.
Has Five Children.
According to State Senator
John R. Fletcher, Republican Of
Prince Georges County, Mr.. Pyles
is the first Republican to be
named to the commission from
that county
The new appointee is member
of Anacostia Masonic Lodge 81,
president of the Southgate Lions
Club, and member of the Exec
utive Council of the Episcopal
Church of the Washington Dio-
Icese, as well as of the church's
Department of Missions.
He is married and has five
children.
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Mr.. Hassan. 40. lives at 58O6
N. Ninth road. He is a former
Secret Service agent and Depart
ment of Justice attorney. A World
War II veteran, he is a member Of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
For three years, Mr.. Hassan was
employed in the Office of Repre-
sentative Mccormack, Democrat,
of Massachusetts He is a grad
uate of Wabash College, Craw-
fordsville, Ind, and studied law at
Harvard. Boston University, and
Columbus University.
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Court Restraints
Wafer Cutoff in
F Fairfax Areas
Injunction Prohibits
FoIIs Church Plan to
End Emergency Supply

The city of Falls Church today
is under court order to continue
supplying water for about 800
homes of the Annalee Heights
and Belair subdivisions in Fairfax
County.
A temporary injunction prohib-
iting the city from ending its
service to these areas was granted
yesterday by Fairfax Circuit
Judge Arthur w. Sinclair. The
order requires that service be con-
tinued until June %, but a hear
ing may be held in the dispute
before that date.
Judge Sinclair granted the in
junction on petition of the An
nandale Water Co., which said
Falls Church had threatened to
discontinue serving the affected
area next Monday.
Started in Emergency.
Falls Church, which draws its
water from the District reservoir
has been serving the 300 homes
since February IA to meet ar
emergency situation. The day be.
fore supplies of the Annandale
Water Co. had become made
quate.
The State Health Department
at that time. decided an emer.
gency existed in the area, and of.
ficials OF the Annandale Water
Co. arranged to have Falls Church
supply water.
An emergency hose connection
was made to Falls Church line.
on Wayne road. and the area still
is being served by that method.
The Annandale company, mean.
while, has been proceeding with
expansion plans. which officials
say will meet the need of the
area now being served by Falls
Church.
WAY lake ) M0ntnS.
In the petition to the court, the
IAnnandale company declared that
developers of Annalee Heights
Iand Belair contracted with that
firm to supply water.
The petition states that it will
be go or 80 days before the An
nandale Water Co. will have an
additional supply available sufi-
cient to serve the area.
All that remains to be done in
the construction program is the
installation of a standpipe. which
is necessary before the Annandale
firm can connect its newly laid
mains to the Virginia Water Co
Falls Church officials, mean
while. have been trying to get the
affected residents to become per-
manent Falls Church customers
according to the petition.
THE City of Falls Church is not
acting from any necessity OF
urgency of it's own, such as a
shortage of water supply" states
the petition. "but is acting arbi-
trarily and capriciously."
James A. McWhorter,, president
of the Annandale Water Co., said
his firm has been paying Falls
Church about double the amount
for emergency water that AMMAN
dale collects from it's customers
Evening star., 1951-05-24
Women Voters League
To Elect Officers Today

The Maryland League of Women
Voters, meeting at the University
of Maryland, today were to elect
new officers and adopt program
of action for the coming year.
Some 100 delegates are attend
ing the 31st annual two-day con-
vention, which opened yesterday
The Montgomery County chapter
is host.
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DR.. Spicer to Give Tulk

DR.. George w. Spicer, professor
of political science at the Uni
versity of Virginia. will address
members of the Arlington League
of Women Voters during a lunch
con at / pm. Saturday in the st.
George Episcopal Church, 908
North Nelson street, Arlington. His
topic will be Alternate Forms Of
Government AvailaHe to Arling-
ton County al