davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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shadows, its sails, and passing
steamers. Sometimes it was a
leisure stroll along the pebbly
shore, or boating in the still
waters that beguiled me. and
sometimes it was straying over
the site of the old Indian town
of Assaomeck looking for arrow
heads. javelin points. fragments of
pottery and other remains Of the
ancient dwellers."
Name from the Heavens.
Andalusia is now occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Aldrich Dudley who
have lived there since 1882. They
are able to account for the name
"ArcturuS." also on the signposts
at the entrances from the boule-
yard. Mr.. Snowden started a little
subdivision and wanted a post
Office for 1t. When the Postoffice
Department told him all the
names he suggested were already
in use, he said:
Then I will go to the heavens
for a name. will call it Arcturus. i"
The Holm Hall name used by
the real estate subdividers comes
from the name of the residence
of Thompson Mason, a son of
George Mason of Gunston Hall.
1t was destroyed by fire early in
the 10th century. 1t was rebuilt
in this century and is occupied by
Merle Thorpe, former editor of
Nations Business.
A large wooded tract of Wash
ington's River Farm is owned by
the Army-Fort. Hunt. It was
there that top German prisoners
were held and interrogated in
World War II. Despite the cur
rent crisis, Fort Hunt seems to
the neighbors to be practically un-
used.
Expert on Journals.
Mr.. Wall drove to Mount Ver-
non, turned into a service en-
trance to the right of the main
gate and after a few hundred
yards through the woods came to
the west gate, the one Washing
ton used. The superintendent,
who came to Mount Vernon just
ahead of the Memorial Boulevard,
was now on more familiar ground.
Evening star., 1951-02-19
Virginia Jaycees Elect
Officers, Give Awards
By the Associated Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Feb. 10
The Virginia Junior Chamber OF
Commerce has concluded It's quar-
terly directors conference with the
election of officers and presenta-
tion Of awards for, project ac-
tivitieS.
David Meade White was named
president to fill out the unexpired
term Of Robert Hurt of Roanoke
who resigned. New vice presi-
dents are Robert L. Hoke Of Will
liamsburg, Omer P. King of Roa-
noke and Charles Burroughs OF
Galax.
A total of "a chapters had en-
tries in the project competition
one Of the largest in the organiza-
tion's history.
The Roanoke Chapter, won in
class A (cities over 100000, while
four different localities won in
class B (citieS under 100000.
Class A winners included:
External-Roanoke, Alexandria,
Bristol.
Proflt-making = Richmond, Ar
lington, Alexandria.
Class B winners included:
Observation-Disclosures, Mar
tinsville, Waverly.
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Evening School 10 Offer
Course in Map-Making

A course in map-making will
be offered by the George Washing
ton Adult Evening School in
Alexandria, Supt. T. c. Williams
announced today.
Registration will be held at
pm. Wednesday in the shop build
ing of the George Washington
High School. The fee Is So.
The 15-week course will be held
two nights a week under auspices
Of the Army Map Service. Per-
sons completing the course. Mr..
Williams said, will be offered
employment with the Army Map
Service" here.
Mr.. Williams said the course is
to train women and physically
handicapped people or persons not
subject to being called into the
armed services"
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Safety Patrols to Vie
In Orotoricul Contest

Representatives from the School
Safety Patrols of Sherwood, Mont
gomery Hills and Takoma Park
Junior High Schools will compete
in the first oratorial contest spon-
sored by the Silver Spring Opti-
mist Club in connection with a
national contest.
The contest will be part of the
dinner meeting of the club at z
pm. tomorrow at Stone House
Inn, Silver Spring, Md. The win
ner will be awarded a trip to the
regional finals in May at Old Point
Comfort. Va.
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line which dates back to 1892.
Due to trolley transportation sew
eral small groups of houses were
built on this promontory near
wellington, the site of the house
on the River Farm which was
there when George Washington
bought the property, almost 1000
acres, in 1850.
Wellington is the home of NAL
colin Matheson, a retired capital
ist. 1t is one of the most beautiful
places on the river. Its terraced
lawn slopes down to the river
much the same as the lawn in
front of Mount Vernon, supported
half way down by a brick-retain-
ing wall. A tennis court has been
built at the rivers edge.
Original Hard to Find.
The house itself is really two
structures, a brick Georgian house
with an arched collonade on the
river side and a stucco country
house attached at right angle.
Mr.. Wall, who is good deal of
an archeologist from his Mount
Vernon experience and is likely
to start digging with a penknife
into the supporting timbers of any
old house where he is a guest,
says it is difficult to find the orig
1nal 18th century house within the
Wellington structure.
Hard to find or not, that house
has an interesting story. George
Washington left it to his secre-
tary, Tobias Lear, as a life ten
ancy. Lear called it Walnut Tree
farm. The name Wellington
seems to have been given it later.
Lear died in 1916.
1t then reverted to Washington
heirs and a grand nephew,
Charles A Washington occupied
it until 1859. w. H. Snowden,
who built a river front house
nearby after the trolley line was
constructed. wrote a little history
Of the area and gave special men,
ton to Charles Washington.
There was the time Charles
Washington went to Alexandria
to get his plow shares sharpened
for spring plowing. He met
friends who suggested he go along
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Montgomery County Democrats
want their party's State conven-
tion reconvened as a result of the
Maryland General Assembly de-
cision not to call a State constitu-
tional convention.
The seven Montgomery County
delegates to the Democratic Con-
vention urged its recall yesterday
in letter to L. Harold Sothoron,
convention chairman and former
Prince Georges State Senator. Mr..
Sothoron said he had no comment
to make on the proposal until he
received the letter and studied it.
Issues Outlined.
The letter asked that the party's
convention be reconvened to con-
slider 'the following urgent is
sues:
l. Will a State constitutional
convention be held this year in
accordance with the clearly ex-
pressed wish of the voters Of
Maryland?
2. What action shall the Demo-
cratic State Convention take to
insure that its platform support
ing constitutional convention is
carried out?
3. If a constitutional conven-
ton is not to be held this year,
what changes shall be made in
the electoral system under which
representation of the counties and
Baltimore City in the Democratic
State Convention is determined?
Expected To Reconvene.
Declaring there was moral
and legal obligation to recall the
Democratic State Convention, y
the Montgomery delegation point
ed out the party convention re-
cessed last October with the
understanding it would be re-
convened soon after the general
election to consider changes in
the party electoral system.
However, after the general
election you proposed not to re-
convene since the voters had de-
Evening star., 1951-02-19
Court Disnisses
SuitChaI|enging
Poll Tax Law
SpecioI Three-Judge
Tribunal Acts on
Arlington Case

A special Federal court in Alex
andria today agreed to dismiss
the suit of an Arlington Negro
woman challenging constitution.
ality Of Virginia's poll tax laws
The memorandum opinion
handed down in Alexandria Dis
trict Court instructs attorneys tt
prepare the dismissal order. The
decision was rendered by Judges
Armistead Dobie of the 4th Cir
cult Court of Appeals, and Ster-
ling Hutcheson and Albert v
Bryan of the Eastern District o1
Virginia. who heard arguments in
the case last month.
Judge Bryan had dismissed the
same suit last summer, but the
4th Circuit Court of Appeals Or
dered rehearing on ground that
the case should be heard by q
ee-judge court.
ConstitutiOnality Challenged.
The suit is that of Mrs. Jessie
Butler, SIS. colored, of 13 South
Barton street, who asked that
she be permitted to register with
out payment of a poll tax. De-
PENDANTS were Mrs. Mary Thomp-
son, Arlington central registrar
and other county and State cleo
ton officials.
Attorneys for Mrs. Butler were
John Locke Green, who is the
Arlington County treasurer, anc
Frank L. Ball. They argued that
Virginias poll tax was unconsti-
tutional for three principal rea-
sons:
l. Virginia was readmitted tc
the Union after the Civil War on
condition that the State consti-
tuition never would be altered to
discriminate against any class OF
voters.
2. The State Constitutional
Convention of 1902 adopted the
poll tax with the intention of re-
Quclng the Negro vote.
8. Administration of the poll
tax has been to the disadvantage
of the Negroes.
Will Appeal Decision.
They attempted to prove that
a lower percentage of Negroes
were assessed poll taxes than
white voters.
Walter E. Rogers, assistant to
Attorney General j. Lindsay AL
mond. jr., told the court that the
Constitutional Conventions in
tent In adopting the poll tax had
no bearing as long as the law is
equitable. He argued that Mrs.
Buffers attorneys had failed to
prove that fewer colored people
were assessed poll taxes because
of their race and blamed the low
rate of Negro poll tax assessments
on reluctance of Negroes to pay.
Mr.. Green said he would appeal
today's decision to the United
States Supreme Court.
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Checkup of Permits
For Autos to Begin
In Arlington Today

Arlington County and Virginia
State police today were to begin
a series of spot checks of auto
mobile registrations and operator
permits.
County police announced that
anyone found operating a car
without proper registration or per-
init, or anyone carrying a permit
which has expired more than 80
days, will be subject to arrest.
Virginia operators permits are
issued for three-year periods and
expire on the last day of the
month in which they were issued.
Evening star., 1951-02-19
Leesburg Gets Airport
From Arthur Godfrey
Special Dispotch 10 The Stor

LEESBURG, Va, Feb. 19.-The
deed to the Leesburg Airport and
an agreement signed by Arthur
Godfrey. the radio star, and his
wife. Mrs. Mary B. Godfrey, have
been accepted by Leesburg Town
Council.
The deed gives to Leesburg a
tract l mile east of town on the
Edwards Ferry road. 1t contains
So $40 acres.
The land is to be used as a pub
lie airport for 20 years. Otherwise,
the title will revert to Mr.. God
frey. At the end of 20 years, Lees
burg would obtain title without
restrictions.
Evening star., 1951-02-19
Potuxent Yields Body
.Of Auto Accident Victim
BY the Associoted Press

CLARKSVILLE, Md, Feb. 19.-
State police have recovered the
body of a woman missing since
February 7, who had been a pas
senger in a car which plunged
into the Middle Patuxent River.
Three others escaped from the car.
Police tentatively identified her
as Silvia Wells, 35, of Baltimore.
A passerby yesterday noticed
the woman's hand sticking out OF
the water. Her body was jammed
underneath a log at the rivers
edge, about a half mile from the
scene of the accident.
Evening star., 1951-02-19

with them to "the Springs" for
month. He went along and left
Uncle Toby and the rest of his
hands waiting. When he re-
turned to Wellington it was too
late for planting.
A Profitable Deal.
There was another season when
he read in the Country Gentle
man that barley was an especially
profitable crop. He put his land
in barley but when he carted it
to Alexandria there was no mar
ket for it. He finally settled for
a barrel of beer. The word of the
barter got about and that night
Mr.. Washington had enough
friends at Wellington to take care
of the exchange for the barley
crop-and they did.
Mr.. Snowden was so delighted
with the river front near yelling
ton that he built a home there
and named it Andalusia. He de-
scribed the spot in a paper bound
booklet published as a tourist
guide in 1894.
Twelve miles from the Ma
tional Capital" he wrote, down
the Potomac on the Virginia shore,
is a spot whose memories will be
like holy benedictions to me
through all the coming years of
my life. I was needing rest. and
there I found it in sweet and
quiet seclusion such as I had
never enjoyed before = a rest
which had no circumstance to
disturb or shadow to mar.
"This Elysian place is reached
by the Mount Vernon Electric
Railway Andalusia is distant
from the Travelled highways, and
before the coming of the electric
car was terra incognita, with
rarely visitor to invade its quiet
border All too swiftly passed
the time, as ! fondly tarried in the
midst of so many allurements
from the dull and perplexing
routine Of business in the city.
Hours of the bright midsummer
days passed as watched from the
vine-hung verandas of the Old
Mansion, the broad rivers expanse
before me, with it's fitting
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T. R. Sinclair to Speak

T. r. Sinclair, co-ordinator of
instruction and assistant superin-
tendent of Alexandria schools, will
address the Mount Vernon Ele-
mentary School Parent Teachers
Association in the school, $500
Mount Vernon avenue, Alexan-
dria, at 8 pm. tomorrow.
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Parents and Teachers
To Eyuluute School

An evaluation of the Montgom-
cry Blair High School, Silver
Spring, will be made by parents
and teachers of the school for
Blair PTA at 8 pm. tomorrow in
the school.
Participants include: w. H.
LieSke, PTA Buildings and
Grounds Committee chairman;
Leonard Oass, Miss Lucille Apple
by, Miss Marian Schwartz and
Mrs. Priscilla Kline of the faculty.
Evening star., 1951-02-19
Electricians Meet Tonioht

The Electrical Contractors AS
Esociation of Prince Georges Coun-
ty will meet at 8 o'clock tonight
at the American Legion Hall,
Mount Rainier. The legislative
committee will give a report on
the progress Of the Statewide
electrical licensing bill.
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Report Card Study

The two-year study of report
cards made by a special commit
tee will be discussed by the East
ern Suburban Study Group of
Montgomery County at 10 am. to-
morrov at Montgomery Blair
High School.
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Moeruder to Speak

j. Maynard Magruder, Arling-
ton delegate to the Virginia Gen.
|eral Assembly, will speak on civil
defense at meeting OF the Arl-
ington County Firemen's Associa-
tion at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
darlington Firemen'S Hall.
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Misses Fall Dresses, 4'so
We're 7.05 and 8.95

100 in group. Royons-sobordine and z-pieee
foiIIe in classic styles.
$50 Misses Dresses in roon ensweor flannel and checks
plaid toffeto, pisse, tissue royon foie Twc-pece
styles, long and horsleeved y. classic and dressy in
group Sizes IL to 20; black and colors Were 1925 and
MISSES DRESSES. Dss, Main Building
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Famous name Bras, IS
We're $50 to $50

SO in group. Longtime, sizes 81 to seA and
34B cups.
81 Femousnoms Bros. Long-nes sizes 34A and 4oA 34B
"a, 3o 48C Short bros sizes 3d. "A and 46D cups
Were $50 to 595.
II Fomous-noms Girdles All nyon sizes IS to H. 2e &c.
coRsETs AND BRAS. Dss, Main Building
Evening star., 1951-11-01
SHOP THURSDAYS
1890 to 9
FRIDAY
remnant: R

Many at Reductions Of VI or Mere
Remnant Day Merchandise, on sale Friday
morning at $50, Is not returnabIs or exchange.
able, not sent COD. or on approval, mail or
phone orders not accepted. Some are soiIsd,
marred, damaged or otherwise imperfect.
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Girls Shoes, 2's5
We're $50 to 6.05

5e poirs in group. Suede, broken styles and
sizes to 8 also a few boys shoes, and
Jumping Jocks baby shoes.
cFlLDREN'S SHOES DSs, Main Building
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Rayon and Cotton Gloves

ESQ pairs. Block, brown, eolors ). sizes to 8.
II Peir Double woven kyon Gloves. White and chonos
broken sizes slightly irreeuor. If perfect would sell for
300 or 35O 25
100 Pairs Stedium Cloves Three-woy gloves wool lined
Outer cotton glove be separately together Red
white black, brown. beige wine with coloful contrast.
Sn1oll medium, large sizes not in every COLOR Were
GLOVES, DsS Main Building
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Misses Wool Suits, Is"
We're $500 and 1926

40 in group. Wool worsted sobordine i. dressy
styles =. assorted eoIors :. /. misses sizes.
81 Misses Wool Suits All wool oobordne dresy and classic
Styles Sizes 10 to 20. Were 1895 and 1875. Now,
MISSES COATS AND SUITS. SIS, Main Building
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Junior Misses Dresses, 3'sa

100 in group. All cotton I. plaid einshoms, J.
and 2-pieee styles. Assorted eoIors sizes to IS.
so Junior Misses Corduroy Dresses One and two-piecs
styles eIosse ond sedessy styles Loree ronee Of eoors
Sizes to IS Were 1925 to 1926. Now to 1925
JUNIOR MISSES APPAREL, Dss. Main Building
Evening star., 1951-11-01
Infants Wool Sweaters
20 and SIS We're s:2z 10 50

40 in group. Girls eordisans and twin sweoter
sets. Broken sizes to 6x
20 Bossness. approximately 2ox37. Maple, wax and
pastel coors. Were 1925 ond II .o5. Now---7 so
10 Ploypens. Approximate sze 2sx4l. Fold for storoee
Were 1895. observation-disclosures 7 90
INFANTS AND JUVENILE APPAREL. Dss, Main Building
Evening star., 1951-11-01

$50 in group. Bembers royon and royon jersey
prints. Tailored styles, regular sizes II to 20;
shorter sizes l4h to 24H.
INEXPENSIVE DRESSES, Dss, Main Building
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

in future years about $1,000 600
off their tax rolls.
g. When the City set the land
back 100, would it be taxable?
(Harvey said it would unless an
other special bin was passed tax
ing it out of the city,.
1. Filling for five acres would
cost $4,000.
5. Only a skiff could get into
the 100 of water wanted by the
city.
City Commissioner Louis Car
bonell thought the City was not
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12
CITY'S REVENUE

Continued from P9ge Onel
the boulevard. The state official
agreed to re-advertise the land
should the City insist on retain
ing the 100 along the boulevard.
Wilson and Gandolfo brought
out the following statements in
their behalf:
l. No scenic beauty would be
lost because all the public can
now see is shallow water and a
rock. island (Dredger's KEY.
2 The Commissioners would
be retarding progress and losing
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right in its request for the 100
strip of land
Sinclair Wells. chairman of the
l. l. Board of Florida. told the
group that the trustees would
not so against the objection of
city commissioners and that the
city'S interests are paramount
to private interests.
He said he was only here be-
cause Mr.. Wilson thought he
could work it Out The state Of
fetal declared that still another
party wants to purchase five TO
six acres off a mangrove key on
the north side of the boulevard.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

It is estimated that for the last
three centuries the population of
the world has increased about five
per thousand people each year on
the average; but since 1900 the
average has been about eight per
thousand.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

ing opponents of the principles of
low-tariff, reciprocal trade poll
cy.
But the variety didn't end
there. Grady quit in l94l to be-
come president Of the American
President Lines, a big shipping
company. He served ON several
government missions during the
war. And he was in charge of the
economic section Of the allied
commission in Italy for several
months.
He served in Greece as super
visor Of the elections there in 49,
as. And then in l947, went to In
dia as out first ambassador.
Grady went back to Greece as
ambassador a year later. And just
a year ago this month he was at
Iran.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

The spiral, tapered tusk of the
narwhal sometimes grows to be
ten feet long and is sometimes
fashioned into a harpoon used in
hunting these sea animals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

The saxophone, invented by a
NAV no~1eA hd0lnhe Sax. is a
modern hybrid instrument having
lne uIatll%t lnoutnpiece with a
single reed applied to conical
brass tube.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

Ancient legends about the goat
sucker or nightjar declared that
the birds sucked the milk from
she goats at night and that the
goats thereafter dried up and be-
came blind
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

Ninety percent of U. S. sulphur
and half the world supply comes
from deposits in Louisiana and
Texas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12
interesting Notes

Largest use of sulphur IN the
United States Is in the form of
sulphuric acid.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

William Shakespeare died April
%, 1916, a month after his viii
Was Signed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

The US. Army, l76 years old,
is the oldest of the us. armed
services.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

Yak's tails are often mounted
IN silver handles in India and used
as fly whisks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

Cashmere scarfS were introduc-
ed to Europe at the start Of the
10th Century.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12
News Notes

Eastern Ecuador is undeveloc-
ed and stretches into the Anna
zon jungles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

Wheat fields cover about one
fourth of Kansas and that state
grows about one fourth Of the an
nual wheat harvest of the United
States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

At the time of the American
Revolution, most United States
wheat was grown in Vermont.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

In 1900 the United States had
l3,500000 people more than AS
years old; today there are 42,500, ?
900.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-12

U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan says the average farmer
gets about SO cents an hour for
his labor plus five percent in
terest on his investment with no
allowance for payment of the
farmer managing his farm.
Evening star., 1951-05-06

arms more money for Schools" If elections
are held in the fall, just as thousands of irate
parents learn there are no desks or teachers
for their children, the school shortage will
push a lot of voters into Communist arms
All the same, the baby boom is probably
the most successful venture of Frances post
war government. Costing billion dollars
year, it is the most sweeping program of
government fostered family and child care
any democracy has ever invented.
More Children, More Money
1HE heart of the system is the "AHocation
FGnailiale," the subsidy by which the govern
ment becomes direct partner in the support
of practically every baby born in France
The subsidy starts with 2,4OO francs month
for the first child, but climbs rapidly by a
complicated system of arithmetic, until a
family with four children gets 1880 francs
($52) month. Each child thereafter brings
an additional 46OO francs ($13) month
from the government
These sums seem small in dollars. But in
France, where the average wage of a worker
is between 10000 and $4,000 francs month,
Continued on page Is
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the postwar bulge in children will have to
push its way steadily up through an old and
overcrowded school system, like an orange
down the throat of an ostrich
The politicians say that 1851 is the very
worst year to have the school-baby crisis
come to head, for in 1851 France must hold
national elections. This year the govern
ment must spend 74O billion francs on
rearmament and can spare far fewer
francs for building new schools. The
Communists, trying to sabotage the defense
program, will base great part of their cleo
ton campaign on the slogan less money for