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Evening star., 1951-03-18
Public Hearinq
On School Costs
Set in Arlington
S4.5 Million Budget
Proposed for Year;
Pay Roises Provided

A public hearing has been Sc
for March % on proposed Ar
lington County school budget o.
approximately $45 million for The
fiscal year l951-52.
The hearing will be held a
8 pm. in the Stratford Junior
High School. The County Boare
will sit with the School Board tt
hear the comments of organiza.
tions and individual citizens.
County Manager A. T. Iund-
berg has recommended for gen.
eral government operation {
budget of S6818,l48, bringing tht
total proposed county budget, in.
cluding schools. to $l1,425,071.
hearing on the general budget i,
set for April % at Washington
Lee high school,
Tax Rate Reduced.
The tax rate required to meet
the proposed expenditures is $3.50
per 500 of property valuations
This rate would be a decrease OF
SO cents from the current S3.63
levy. The reduction is a result OF
a property reasseSSment program
which increased valuations by
more than rs per cent.
Mr.. Lundberg said the S2.65
rate would be divided between
general government, which would
receive SIPS. and schools, $1.40.
The manager said the $125 would
mean about the same effective
rate" as at present, but the school
rate, he said. represents about
a l5-cent increase"
The current 1888 rate is split
$l.80 for the general fund and
s1.83 for schools.
Both proposed budgets provide
for a 5000 cost Of living" increase
IN annual salaries of employees.
Anticipated Revenue.
ScnOOi Supt. William A. Early.
in his budget recommendation
estimates total anticipated reve-
nue. at S4,606,923. Sources of this
revenue include local taxes, S2.-
3l5,673: State, $820,250, and from
the Federal Government, 1925, 900.
The original school budget
adopted for 1901 was for a
total of $3,676,944, but this figure
was revised later in the year to
$4,088.125.
Principal expenditures are for
administration, S112.595: instruc-
ton, $2,984.267; operation of
plant. $352,310; maintenance of
plant, $275. $50; capital outlay,
$175,000. and debt service. S4S6,-
3O1.
The County Board must approve
both budgets and set the total
tax rate by April 30. Residents
will receive bills based on the
new levy for payment next De-
cember.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
By Minnie Louise Roul

There is JOY to be found in fol-
lowing the open road, with ones
heart as light as thistledown and
spirit soaring as high as the f1eecy
clouds above. I have never found
roads Disappointing. Always. there
are new beauty and constant sur
priSes.
have stood breathless with ad-
miration before glorious trees,
great comrades of the road. There
is strength in their huge branches
and earth-clinging roots: there is
mystery and magic in their winged
seeds and crimson fruits in the
fall; and, among their autumn
fruits, I have found next years
Leaf and blossom buds all wrapped
in furry brown leathery coats.
have experienced great ecstasy
in trying to catch something of
the spirit of the wind in trees,
swaying trees with their back
ground of white clouds banked
against sky of blue. I have
never tired of sketching them
living with them as free from
care and time and space as the
trees themselves To be on un-
derstanding terms with them, I
found it needful to know the name
OF each specie. So. with tree book
in hand, I learned their names
and something of their character
iStics.
Received Many Letters.
The white oaks, of which we
have many, have leaves with
rounded fingers and bear their
acorns every year. I learned also
that the leaves of the black oak
family have pointed fingers and
the tree generally bears fruit only
at two-year intervals. The sassa-
fraS tree has three differently
shaped leaves on each tree. The
oanyon tree sends roots into the
ground from it's branches. The
beautiful weeping willow is the
first tree to leaf in the spring and
the last to lose its leaves in the
fall. I mention here merely a few
OF the countless points of interest
among trees.
Several years ago. when my
etchlngs and stories of Famous
Trees Of Washington and Vicin-
ity" appeared in the rotogravure
section OF The Sunday Star, let
tiers came from far and near from
lovers OF trees, telling of other
famous trees and asking that their
favorites be included in the series,
ana suggesting that these tree
stories be published in book form,
Not until then did I realize how
universally trees are loved. In
these letters / was told of MANY
trees with historic and romantic
lore-too numerous to include all
OF them in this series. So, with
pencil and pad, I started again
over the lovely road, sketching and
making notes.
Among the letters and messages
that came was one from the
othcer in charge of Arlington Ma
tlonal Cemetery, saying: 81 should
like to have our oak, known as the
Sheep Shearing Oak; pictured in
your series" When I went to
sketch it, I found it to be an
enormous tree that had been care
fully protected through many
years.
The dean Of American Univer-
sity wrote, asking if would be
| interested in including in the
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Coleman Seeks Reelection

SPOTSYLVANIA. Va, Mar. II
(P .-Commonwealth's Attorney
T. Stokeley Coleman announced
today he will seek the Democratic
nomination for reelection next
fall. He has held the Office since
1912, with the exception of two
years in Army service in 1914 anc
t1o55
Evening star., 1951-03-18

thing green in memory of his
Rachel"
Among other Presidents who
planted trees there were Hayes
Cleveland, Harrison, Theodore
Roosevelt. Wilson, Harding, Coo.
lidge and Hoover. Mrs. Cleveland
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs
Harding and Mrs. Coolidge are
among the wives of President.
who planted trees on the White
House grounds.
To the first President, George
Washington, trees were compan
ions, as his many trees at Noun
Vernon attest.
Watch for Mrs. RauES "TreeS"
series in The Star Pictorial
Magazine. starting neIt Sun
| day.
Evening star., 1951-03-18

OAO l1lolOl y.
She is Miss
B a 7 b ara H.
Leonard, who
will be dean of
women in con-
nection W it h
t h e colleges
first W m e n
students.
St. Johns de-
cided to admit
women last De-
c e m b er, the
first will enter
next fall.
Miss Leon
Evening star., 1951-03-18
Civil Defense Meeting

Parkside School parents will
hold an open meeting on civil
defense at 9 pm. tomorrow in the
school in Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-03-18
First Woman Named
To ST. John S Faculty
Special Dispoteh 10 The s,er

| ANNAPOLIS. Md.-A woman
has been appointed to the faculty
OF st, Johns College, for the first
time in the institutions 225-year-
Evening star., 1951-11-06
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time of Showing

RnO iIiHe OF SHo"hiS
Stage.
Arena-"She Stoops to Con-
.quer": $3.50 pm.
Catholic University-"The Tenn
pest; $50 pm.
Screen.
THE Mob: 1880.
I3:35. 5:35, 7::35 and $40 pm.
Capitol-"Mr, Imperium";; 1l:00
am, LAS. 4:30, 7:15 and 1000
pm. Stage shows: 1880. 3:35.
$40 and 9:o5 pm.
Mark of The Rene
gade":: 11:00 am, 1880. 2:40,
.4:3o, $40, 8:15 and 1000 pm.
Dupont-"Ballerina"; 2:2o. ASS,
TAO and 1925 pm.
Keith's - Behave Yourself;
Ills am. 1:05, sos. $40. 7:10
and 1910 pm. Sneak preview,
$50 pm.
Little-"Pepe LIE Moko"; $40.
$40 and e::55 pm.
Metropolitan - "a Streetcar
Named Desire; 10:45 am, 1855.
3:05. Sis. 7:30 and 9:45 pm.
National-"Katie Did It.; 1900
am, 12:45, 2:35, 4:25. 6:15. sos
and $50 pm.
Palace The Desert Fox:
11:50 am, 1::50, $50, $50, 7:50,
and 9:55 pm.
Pix-"Outcast Girl; 3:25. $50.
$40 and 1875 pm.
Playhouse-"fhe River; 2:3o
and $50 pm.
Plaza Mime, the Curious
Bride; 1890 am, 1910, $50.
$50. $40. $50. $50 and 1910
pm.
Trans-Lux Place in the
Sun; 10:55 am, los, 3:l5, $50,
7:40 and 9:55 pm.
Warner - THE Mob; ll:45
am. 1:5o, $50, $50. 7:55 and
9:55 pm.
Evening star., 1951-11-06
Group Backs Police
On Financial DATA

The Minnesota River Terrace
Citizens Association last night
backed District police officers in
their refusal to answer financial
questionnaires sent out by the
Senate District Crime Subcom-
Imittee.
The motion to take the stand
was introduced by Theodore N.
Biz ok, association president.
A second action of the group
placed itself in opposition to racial
Indignation of the District Fire
Department.
The association favored a move
to put posters on the Benning
School, Minnesota avenue NE,
between Benning road and Foote
street, which would offer a $25 re-
ward for information leading to
the apprehension of any one doing
damage to school property.
Members present commented on
1.-THE amount of vandalism in the
area lately. including the breaking
|of street lights and damage to
personal property. such as hedges
and lawns, as well as damage to
the school.
The group, which was formed
only a month ago through merger
of the old Minnesota Center and
River Terrace Associations. elected
Miss Marjorie F. Marinshaw
secretary. Mr.. Black appointed
Charles r. Bostwick and Alfred
F. Marinshaw co-chairmen of the
Membership Committee. The
meeting was held in the Greenway
Ibarbershop, 1888 East Capitol
street
Evening star., 1951-11-06
Dead Man Revivet
After IS Minutes
Attempts to Talk
BY the Associated Press

LONG BEACH, Calf, Nov. g.
Melvin Hewitt, the man revived
by medical science is minutes
after death, tried to talk yester-
day.
He had been in a coma for more
than a month. Then yesterday
doctors said Mr.. Hewitt sat up in
bed, made unintelligible sounds
moved his arms and legs and
counted his fingers.
HE has no mental capacity at
all. however" said one doctor,
"and can't understand when you
speak to him"
Mr.. Hewitt collapsed on the
sidewalk in front of an Ell Monte
bar October 4. His heart had
stopped. and companions rushed
him to a clinic, where doctors
cut open his chest and massaged
his heart back to activity.
Evening star., 1951-11-06
Hollywood Diary
Avo's Old BuII-Fighter
Yvonne's Leading Man
-By SheiIoh Grohom

Dennis Day, June Haver and
Gloria De Haven will be reteamed
in Amt Misbehaving," with Den
mis- supposedly an escaped
hatchet murderer-on the loose.
Karl Maiden GA Streetcar
Named Desire') plays a tough
MP in Trieste in Diplomatic
Courier" He was a tough MP
there during the war.
Corinne Calvet and John Brom-
field go to New York for television
shows before she begins Char
maine" with James Cagney and
Dan Daley.
Sonia Henie lauches her new
ice show at San Francisco Novem-
ber Is. with benefit premiere for
the Damon Runyon Fund.
Laraine Day looking for a
movie to make while she and Leo
Durocher spend the winter in CAL
ifornia. She wants Leo for her
leading man.
Cary Grant and wife Betsy have
an adopted child in Italy-a girl
through the Foster Parents League
Esther Williams and Ben
Gage are foster parents to an
orphan boy in Naples under the
same plan. Costs SIS monthly for
food and clothing.
Arthur Blake landed a role
with Tyrone Power in "Diplo-
matte Courier" II loved Eng
land" Arthur said at a TV re-
hearsal. From all reports. Eng
land loved Arthur.
Jean Arthur is letting her hair
grow. while staying in Carmel.
Jean wore a blond wig in "Shane," "
to cover her Peter Pan crop.
+ Il
Rhonda Fleming was very cozy
with DR.. Lou Morrill, at the Bill
Treadwell tea party. but she will
go to Portland next month with
John Payne for a Shrine benefit.
John and Rhonda share the same
singing teacher. Nine. Yeatman
Griffith.
Dana Andrews Topped $4,000
from the asking price of his
Vileehi yacht. You can get it for
$35, ,000-with terms. He's pitch
ing the boat to his neighbor. Bob
Hope
released by North American Newspaper
All!anee)
Evening star., 1951-11-06
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Yvonne de Carlos bullfighter-
admirer, Mario Cabre Che used to
admire Ava Gardner) is coming
to Hollywood to make a movie
with Yvonne. She persuaded her
agent, Paul Kohner, to handle
Mario, who was nearly gored to
death in a recent tussle with a
bull.
Lauren Bacall, off the screen
for 18 months, has signed at Goth
Century-Fox. Baby" looks chic
and slender after her return from
Africa. She tells me she enjoyed
sitting on the sidelines while
Humphrey Bogart starred with
Katharine Hepburn in "The Afri-
can Queen"-"except for the ant
bites"
Kim Hunter is trying to decide
between "Deadline U. S. A." at
goth Century-FoX, with Humphrey
Bogart, and the Strike a Match"
play on Broadway, with Mel Fer
rer directing. Linda Darnel, who
was going to do this play, is Ill
with yellow jaundice in London.
Bob Hope, however. wants Linda
for his gal in Military Police
man." which he is deferring until
mid December.
Enrol Flynn has a loudspeaker
and microphone in his fancy car.
When he wants to clear the traffic
ahead Enrol makes like he's a
traffic cop.
Tyrone and Linda Power will go
to Mexico for Christmas with
her family. Linda's sister is COM
ing to California to have her baby
here.
Dan Daley. dating Jane Nigh
and Ann Miller on alternate
nights, is furnishing his own
apartment by weekend shopping
at department store. mo dec
orator stuff-just simple, durable
furniture" says Dan.
Marlene Dietrich is holding out
for the deferred salary promised
her when she signed to star In
"Chuck a Luck" The owners are
trying to pay her of before the
picture goes into release. But
Marlene, in New York, is saying
mo"
Evening star., 1951-11-06
Church to Serve Turkey

A turkey dinner will be served
at the Christ Methodist Church,
Lee highway and Kentucky street,
Arlington, from $50 to 7:30 pm.
tomorrow. Proceeds will go to
the church's building fund.
Evening star., 1951-11-06
King Honors AttIee
with Order of Merit
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Nov. 6.-Buckingham
Palace said today King George vi
had bestowed the Order of Merit
on Clement Attlee, who resigned
as Prime Minister October 26.
The order, limitde to "a Britons
and such eminent foreigners as
the King may designate, was in
stituted by King Edward VII in
1902 as special distinction for
men and women who do not wish
a title.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
10000 Words
In Transcript of
Macarthur Heurinq

More than 100000 words of tes-
timony have been recorded already
in the Senate investigation of the
Macarthur controversy.
The estimate was given today
by Ward & Paul, the official ste.
nographerS.
The transcript thus far mum.
bers 3,105 pages. covering only
three witnesses-Gen. Macarthur
Defense Secretary Marshall ane
Gen. Bradley, chairman of tht
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Chairman Russell of the join
investigating committee gave ont
reason for the volume. He salt
he had been keeping talley ant
had found that one question il
substantially the same form hat
been asked eight times. Others
he added, had been put at leas
vSix or seven times. d
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Senate Subcommittee Approves
Federal Workers Pay Raise
Full Civil Service Committee to Decide
Amount of Increase; 7% Average Likely

what the amount should be-
Senator Pastore declared. But
you can be sure that the amount
won't be less than 6.97 per cent, u
he added.
The commissions 6.97 average
|pay boost would increase the en-
trance salary of grades GS-1 to
Is by rs per cent and the dollar
land cents amount of the entrance
salary boost would be carried over
to each Within step of the par
|ticular grade. This would give
IGS-1 to GS-15 classified en-
Iployes an average pay boost of
about 7 per cent. The overall av-
Ierage is reduced to 6.97 per cent
because a maximum pay increase
Iof $500 is set for employees in
grades Is to IS.
Senator Pastore's proposal aver
ages 80 per cent, although several
days ago the subcommittee mis-
calculated this at 8.8 per cent
The reason for the error was that
Senator Pastore's proposal would
add 8.8 per cent to each entrance
salary and carry over to the with
in steps of the particular grade
This would result in an approx
mate 8.4 per cent pay boost fol
classified employees up to grade Is
The overall 80 average results
from the maximum $500 increase
restriction placed on the &tor
grades.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Beef RoIIback Is Fair,
will Probably Work,
Johnston Declares
Will Make Corrections
If 1t Doesn't Pan Out,
He Tells House Group
By Froncis P. Douglas

Economic Stabilizer Eric Johns
ton asserted today the controver-
sial beef price control order is
fair. that "it will probably work
and that if it doesn't, steps will be
taken to correct it.
He appeared before the House
Agriculture Committee which may
adopt a resolution similar to that
adopted by the Senate Agriculture
Committee calling for resembling
of the order.
Cattle growers and, so far. some
packers have appeared before the
House committee attacking the Or
der which rolled back the price OF
live animals by 10 per cent. effec-
tive last Sunday.
'Squawks' Criticized as Belated.
Mr.. Johnston. in effect. main
tanned that they were "squawk-
ing" before they were hurt. He
said he believed that if the cattle
men felt so badly about the order
they would have come in and
squawked to me about it."
But only two cattlemen came to
see him, he said, and both said
the order was a good thing and
that they welcomed it.
Mr.. Johnston's defense of the
measure contrasted with the
seemingly rear-guard defense
some of the supporters of the
order have put up before the
committee. The Economic Sta
bilizer tangled cheerfully with
(See BEEF. Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1951-05-25
By Joseph YOUNG

A Federal employe pay increase
was approved today by a Senate
Civil Service subcommittee, but
the group left it to the full COM
|mittee to decide what the amount
should be.
Senator Pastore, Democrat, Of
Rhode Island, chairman of the
subcommittee, said his group
would present two alternative
proposals, one for the average 6.97
Iper cent pay boost proposed by
Ithe Civil Service Commission
and the other the average SO per
cent salary increase favored by
Senator Pastore.
The other two subcommittee
members. Senators Monroney
Democrat, of Oklahoma, and But
Iler. Republican, of Maryland
joined the chairman in agreeing
to report a pay raise measure.
Senators Pastore told reporter:
that his subcommittee will meet
next week with the Senate Civi
Service subcommittee on posta
pay raise legislation in an effort
to reach agreement on the same
increase for both classified ano
postal workers.
We'll probably come up with q
couple of figures and leave it ur
to the full committee to decide
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Wilson, Hurt in New York
Confined 10 Apartment

A severe leg injury suffered in
an accident at LaGuardia Field
New York, confined Mobilization
Chief Charles E. Wilson to his
apartment at the Westchester to-
day.
Mr.. Wilson slipped as he was
walking down an airplane ramp
yesterday, cutting a thigh and
pulling a tendon. The cut re-
quired several stitches to close it
The 64-year-old executive re-
turned Immediately to Washing
ton, cancelling plans to attend q
private dinner in New York His
physician said his condition is
not serious, but that he must re-
main in his apartment for severaI
days.
Mr.. Wilson had planned to fly
from New York to Chicago tt
speak before the Executives Clut
tcSov
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Army Puts Losses
OF Foe at 1,025,4O4
BY the Associated Press

Enemy casualties in Korea
throughsMay % were estimated al
1,025.404 by the Army today. This
is 20,616 more than the figure
announced through May 7.
Of the total, 1854 Chinese
and North Korean Reds were bat
tie casualties. 138,880 were non
combat losses and 150,075 were
counted prisoners of war, the
Army said.
A spokesman said these were
preliminary estimates based upon
a formula which has provided
accurate figures in Korea and hao
proved reliable during World
War II.
The Army's estimating methoc
starts with the number of counted
killed or wounded. Total enemy
battle losses are figured on the
assumption that rs per cent are
wounded and the remainder killed
Gen. Omar Bradley yesterday
disclosed that United States casu-
alties in Korea had reached &
total of 141.955 of which 1857!
were non-battle losses.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Gas PriceWor Developing Here;
2 Companies Make 1-Cent Cut

A gasoline price war appeared
to be developing here as a second
major oil company cut prices and
other wholesalers said they were
expecting word momentarily from
their home Offices to follow suit.
Horace Walker, executive secre-
tary of the Retail Gasoline Deal
ers, said 1--WE are on the verge of a
price war such as Washington has
never seen. 1t could prove ruinous
to Q lot of people unless something
is done to stop it"
The price war flared all along
the Eastern Seaboard yesterday
after the Sun Oil Co. announced
lit was cutting the posted tank
wagon price of gasoline to retailer.
one cent a gallon in Is States anc
the District of Columbia.
Dealers here promptly an.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
3 Listed as Missinq
In Launch Capsizing
BY the Associated Press

NEWPORT. R. l.. May 15.-
Twenty three men are missing
after the launch capsizing in
which two sailors perished yester-
day, the Navy said today. About
1876 men were aboard the launch
returning to five destroyers from
shore leave.
Several" of the missing, how
ever, may simply have overstayed
their leave, the Navy said.
Twentysix men were hospital
lied. four critically injured, after
a 50-foot launch went down in a
bowling northeaster yesterday
morning.
The two men were lost in the
cold and churning seas as ship
mates from other launches dived
overheard to try to aid them.
The heroism of Navy men who
disregarded their own safety when
the northeaster plunged 1876 sail
ors from the liberty party launch
was credited with keeping the
death toll as low as it was.
The dead are Edmund E.
Turner. radarman &C.. of West
mont, N. j., bridegroom of five
months, and George F. Wright,
seaman, of Tracy, Tenn.
FThe critically injured were
identified as Harold A. Kuik, sea-
man, of Warsaw, Wis: Laurence
Cullivan, machinist &c, Wey-
mouth: Paul H. Holmburg, elec-
tricians mate, Newport, and Philip
j. Bongiorno. chief engineman,
Newport.
Most of the credit for the dra-
matte rescue was directed to Capt.
William Cowan of the military
service tanker Nodaway, which
lowered life RATS and pulled 48
men aboard.
Navy officials said Capt. Cowan's
quick thinking saved IAN untold
number of lives"
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Ball Game Tonight to Settle
Latest Inter-Porty Battle
NotobIes to Attend Annual Clash
To Help Send Children to Comp

rumors that the team members
bought tickets so they would be
sure of getting past the gate
keeper and into uniform.
They said they, too, want to
help send children to camp this
summer. Proceeds from the an
nual game, sponsored by The
Star, are used to send to summer
camp children who otherwise
would not have a chance to go.
Democrats and Republicans will
be well represented in the grand
stand. There will be non-parti-
san flavor, too, indicated by the
announcement that the Citizens
Committee for the Hoover Report
(See BALL GAME, Page A-3D