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Evening star., 1952-08-27
|GIenmont Parents Ask
Stronger Floors Under
z New CIassrooms

Parents in the Glenmont School
area of Montgomery County. un-
easy since the collapse of a wall
when the building was under con-
struction early this summer, de-
manded yesterday that floors un-
der two classrooms be reinforced
before the new term opens.
Representatives of the Glenmont
Parent-Teache and Citizens AS
sociations last night told the Board
Of Education they would refuse to
accept the school unless the floors
are more strongly supported.
The group charged the floor was
unsafe since tests indicated it
would support only 46 pounds per
square foot pressure, compared
with the specifications design of
70 pounds per square foot.
Engineer Backs Report.
John G. Loehler. engineer, en-
ployed by the citizens groups,
recommended that additional sup
ports be put under floors to in
crease their strength.
Ronald Senseman, architect on
the new school, and Anthony J.
Scullen. jr.. county building in
spector. said the second floor was
sound and met the 40-pound per
square foot strength required un-
der the county building code.
The board indicated it would
ask John M. Conquer, District
engineer. to study the construction
and recommend what action. if
any, should be taken.
The wall collapse was attributed
to pressure exerted on the founda-
tion of the building resulting from
heavy rains. Extensive rebuilding
was necessary as a result of the
damage.
Board President Thomas S
jackson, however. made it clear il
was not up to the citizens to reject
or accept the building. Mr.. Jack
son said he felt the building was
safe and other county building Of
f1cials agreed.
Seeks Higher Minimum.
Richard E. Carpenter, assistant
school superintendent in charge
Of construction. told the board he
thought all school designs should
meet the 70-pound pressure
minimum despite the building
cost requirement.
[ In other action last night the
board approved a $500. .628 bid on
the proposed 21-classroom Weller
Road School and a $320,840 bid
from the H. o. McAllister Co. or
an addition to the Western Junior
High School that would house IL
classrooms. a home economics
area. a shop area and a larger
cafeteria.
The board also approved adding
l$16.396 to the appropriation fol
the Highland View School where
the builder has been forced tt
lower footings because of soft.
ground conditions. The board
denied a request from two CO.
operative nursery school group.
for use Of classrooms In the Gar
lrett Park and Parkwood Elemen-
(tary Schools.
Evening star., 1952-08-27

IN a car. MAJ. Murray attended
the lineup where the man was
routinely on display and heard
the announcement that the man
recently had come out of jail. He
took a good look at the mans
face and remembered him. Ten
years before, he had arrested the
man for housebreaking. He re-
called that the man signed" his
jobs by raiding the icebox. The
current series of housebreakings
was solved.
Also at the 10th precinct, Mai.
Murray arrested a daytime bur-
glar who would wear a butchers
apron to masquerade as a delivery
man and then break in the back
door. Four years later, a house
breaking was reported, and a
neighbor remarked that she had
seen a man nearby wearing a
butchers apron. That clicked
with the detective. He checked
and found his one-time prisoner
was out of Jail, went to the mans
home. made the arrest and re-
covered a lot of jewelry.
Follow Pattern.
In these cases and many others,
it was the method of operation
that stuck in the detectives mind.
Obviously. criminals lack original
ity. There was the young fellow
who always cut a small hole in
the glass over the window latch
to gain entry. He went to Jail,
but six years later. he started
housebreaking by the same
method and ran into Maj. Muir
rays memory.
There was the housebreaker
who always said to his victim:
"You lie down on the floor" And
another who always cut the tele-
phone wire at the start of his
housebreaking effort. They re-
peated themselves, and Maj. Muir
ray remembered them. despite the
passage Of years.
Capt. Felber said Maj. Murray
could remember the smallest de-
Evening star., 1952-08-27
Arlington Teacher Promoted

Donald w. Frischmann, q mem.
ber Of the faculty at Washington
Lee High School, Arlington, the
past six years, has resigned to be-
come an assistant in the school
budget and finance administers
tive Office. it was announced to-
day by Supt. T. Edward Nutter.
Evening star., 1952-08-27
Eastern Shore Cos Rute
Schedule Postponed
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Aug. ,27.-The
State Corporation Commission has
postponed for a second 6O-day
period a proposed new gas rate
schedule for the Eastern Shore
Gas Co. of Virginia.
sec said the postponement, re-
troactive to August Is, was made
to permit further study of the pro-
posed schedule. In it's petition ask
ing new rates the company re-
queSted that they be placed into
effect June IS.
Evening star., 1952-08-27
Arlington Pupil Rolls
Exceed School Space
BY 1000 Students

Arlington pupil enrolment Is
expected to exceed available
space by more than 1000 stu
dents when schools open Tuesday.
Halliday sessions and use of
churches have been planned in an
attempt to avoid overcrowding.
Supt. Edward Rutter came out
yesterday with the surprise an
nouncement that IL rooms of the
new Nottingham Elementary will
be open on the first day of school.
Opening of the school had been
expected in two or three months,
but the Easton Construction Co.
reported that part of the 20-room
building will be ready on Tuesday.
This will reduce the number of
students on halliday sessions
from 2,400 to 1000. Mr.. Rutter
estimates. Double shifts originally
scheduled at Lee and Stewart
Schools were Cancelled after an
nouncement Of the speed-up on
Nottingham.
900 on Half Day Sessions.
The 600 students now sched-
uled for Nottingham will be on
halliday sessions until the re-
naming eight rooms are finished.
Two classes at Madison Elemen-
tary will use Walkers Chapel
Methodist Church. One class at
Custis will be in Calvary Meth
odist Church and one at Marshall
will be at st. Mary's Episcopal
Church.
New construction and additions
now underway are expected to re-
duce the number of students on
halliday sessions to 1000 within
a few months.
Opening Of two high school adj
ditions Tuesday will ease condi-
tions at Washington-Lee and
Hoffman-BoSton.
The 81 million addition at
Westinghouse includes 16 class
rooms, gymnasium, clinic, offices
and small auditorium. At Hoff-
man-Boston, which serves colored
students. will be three cIassrooms,
a gymnasium. cafeteria and voca-
tional shops.
Washington-Lee Problem.
The record enrolment expected
at WaShington-Lee will be a Seri-
ous problem in 1853, unless part of
the So million Wakefield High
School can be completed by that
time. Construction was delayed
by the steel strike.
Wakefield, on South George
Mason drive near Leesburg pike,
will have a capacity of 1000 stu
dents.
Proceeds of an So million bond
issue are being used to build the
new high school and to carry out
other projects designed to end
halliday sessions and avoid over
crowding.
Fillmore School is under con-
Struction on North Fillmore street
and Page School is underway al
North Fourteenth and Lincoln
streets.
Other schools are planned with
remaining bond issue funds and
with 81 allocated to the county
by the United States Office Of
Education under a program Of
Federal aid to defense areas.
Evening star., 1952-08-27
Virginia Hunts Fugitive

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 27.-
State prison officials said a State
wide> alarm has been broadcast
for a prisoner who escaped yes
terday from a local hospital where
he had been taken for treatment.
He was listed as Irdia Augustus
McC Cullough, IS, formerly OF North
Carolina,
Evening star., 1952-08-27
Loan Firm Approved

RICHMOND. Aug. q @.-The
State Corporation Commission has
authorized the Government EN-
ployes' Finance and Industrial
Loan Association to do, business
in Arlington County.
Evening star., 1952-08-27
Old Dominion Bunk Branch

RICHMOND, Aug. q R.-The
State Corporation Commission has
granted the Old Dominion Bank,
with principal offices in Arlington,
authority to build a branch Office
at 1900 Jefferson Davis highway
in Arlington County.
Evening star., 1952-08-27
Cycle Policemen Killed

NORFOLK, Aug. 27.-Motor-
cycle Policeman Carlton James
Byrd. "a, was killed Monday
might while responding to q fire
alarm when his vehicle struck an
automobile making q left turn
Into his path. ~
Evening star., 1952-08-27
Brink'sMay Tell
Amen Todayif
They Keep Jobs
Guards Await Decision
In Wake Of $65, 900
Theft From. Truck

Drinks, Inc, probably will de-
eide today the fate of four guards
who left an armored car unpro-
tected Monday when a former en-
ploye helped himself to $65. 900.
M. A. Goodspeed, Washington
manager of the money transport
ing organization, said the decision
had to be made at the Chicago
headquarters.
If the company literally inter-
prets its own rules, the guards
would be out of a job. For signs
on the armored cars. and in the
company Office, advise employees
that instant discharge" would
result from leaving unguarded a
car containing money.
The guards are Richard v.
Simkins, 38, of 2031 Hamlin street
NE, Thomas Walter Knott. 38,
of GA I street Sc, George Rud-
niger. 20, of AZ Sycamore avenue.
Takoma Park. and Paul Charles
Kavacs, %, of 256 Eighteenth
street NE.
In one of the SpeedieSt exam
Piles Of police work on record. de-
tectives apparently wrote "finis''
to the case yesterday.
Others Reported Questioned.
Mr.. ,Goodspeed said he "knows
nothing" about reports that other
Drinks employees are being ques-
toned about any connection they
may have had with the case.
However, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation had only a mo COM
ment" answer to questions on
whether it was satisfied the Wash
ington case had no connection
with the sensational $1,219,00O
Drinks robbery in Boston in 1850,
or whether any other persons
might be involved in the local
theft.
Washington police said they
were satisfied that only Ray Eu-
gene Farmer, 26, had a hand in
the grab here. Farmer, who was
fired by Drinks three years ago,
confessed that he left his bakery
truck at the Wardman Park Hotel,
waited for. the Drinks truck to ar
rive, then slipped into the heavily
armored vehicle with a duplicate
key he had made while he was a
Drinks guard.
Guards Away at Lunch.
The entry was made while the
four guards were having lunch ir
the Wardman Park employees
cafeteria. q routine they have fol-
lowed for some time.
Arrested on a tip furnished BY
Police Chief Robert v. Murray
Farmer confessed after a lie de-
tector examination and took police
to a spot near Glen Echo amuse-
ment park in Maryland where he
had buried the entire loot.
Thus apparently was solved IL,
18 hours time one Of the biggest
thefts in recent Washington his
tory.
Maj. Murray's recollection that
Farmer knew members of the old
"Pimply Face Gang" and hao
given them a Drinks uniform to
use in a planned robbery, broke
the case.
It also revealed that Farmer had
a record as a juvenile.
He once served IA months in
National Training School for rid
ing in stolen automobiles, and
a year ago forfeited $25 for max
ing a false robbery report. This
matter also was cleared up with
Ia lie detector.
Farmer remained in District
Jail under bonds totaling $40, 900
He has been charged with the
Federal offense of bank robbery
and, under a District statute. with
grand larceny.
Evening star., 1952-09-10
Constantine Brown:

The State Department has
hastened to indorse the new
personal rule" of Gen. Moham-
med Naguib in Egypt although
it still processes to frown on all
relationships, benevolent or
otherwise.
Under present world condi-
tions 1t would be a shortsighted
policy to refuse help to those
who take power into their own
hands in the hope Of preventing
further corrosions in their coun-
tries. Hence, a policy Of expedi-
ency Is indicated.
The situation in Egypt Is par
ticularly sensitive. The whole
of the Middle East from Iran to
Morocco is seething with ma
tionalism. The Kremlin has
been quick to realize the advan-
tages to. its own policy for world
domination and has foStered
and encouraged these moves
which are still being opposed by
Great Britain and France, the
last powers to claim special
privileges in that explosive area.
The Nationalist = Communist
parties, whether they are called
Tudeh in Iran, Istaqual in Mo-
rocco or Istarakist in Egypt are
either directly under Moscow's
control or have been heavily in
filtrated by Communist mis-
sionaries" sent from the Moslem
provinces of the U. S. S. r.
Gen. Naguib is neither a
wild-eyed uncompromising ma
tionalist nor a Soviet sympa-
thizer. He saw his command de-
feated in the campaign against
Israel, less by the inefficiency
Of the soldiers than by the pal
ace crowd. King Farouk and his
proteges repeatedly filed their
pockets with the millions which
had been earmarked to modern
ize the Egyptian army.
Naguib has now taken over
the government with unlimited
powers. In a land where corrup.
ton and graft have been en-
demic since the days of the
Evening star., 1952-09-10
Doris FIeeson::
Democrats Missed Maine Chance
Failed To Pay Respects to G. O. P Weep Candidate Nixon
On His $4,000 Transaction With Brewster in so

The Republican percentages
slumped in the Maine election
but the State liquor scandals
and various independent candi-
dacieS befog a national reading
Of the results.
What is clear, however, is that
the Democrats missed a golden
opportunity to pay their respects
to the Republican candidate for
Vice President, Senator Richard
Nixon. who campaigned as
Siduously in Maine last week.
Some Democratic victories
and q slight diIninution of the
Nixon prestige might have been
useful by-products Of such
efforts. The main-or Maine
chance missed Is still the matter
of Senator Nixon.
This chance lay in the COM
bination of recent Maine and
California political history with
the type of campaign Senator
Nixon is waging.
Shortly before the Republican
National Convention, Maine as
toniShed the Nation and graft
fed q substantial portion of it
by refusing denomination to its
senior Senator. Owen Brewster.
A major reason assigned for the
Brewster defeat was his connec-
tion with Henry (the Dutch
mani Grunewald, a Washington
mystery. man with abundant
means and many friends among
politicians whose avocation is
defying congressional commit
tees with impunity.
Evening star., 1952-09-10
ith Brewster in so

Mr.. Grunewald, who makes
Carlo appear chatty by COM
parison, was again a witness on
Capitol Hill last spring, this time
before the King committee in
vestigating the internal revenue
scandals. One of the several
things he refused to discuss was
a $4,000 transaction in 1850
with Senator Brewster, then
chairman Of the Senate Republic
can campaign committe.
The Senator was more amen
able. With an air of charming
frankness, he explained that in
his responsible post he was not
supposed to intervene in g. O. p.
primaries. but it seemed to him
vital for Representative Nixon
in California and Senator Young
in North Dakota to be nomi-
mated. He therefore. he said.
loaned the party $4,000 Of his
own and entrusted 1t to Mr..
Grunewald to distribute it be-
tween the two, which was done.
The money. he continued, has
since been repaid to him and
MIR. Grunewald was only being
obliging.
Senator Nixon has said that
he knew nothing of the circum-
stances surrounding the Brew
ster-Grunewald money. that his
managers accepted it in good
faith as routine contribution
from the Senate committee. He
Evening star., 1952-09-10

Both Put Blame on Eisenhower
Truman and Stevenson Speeches Seen as Attempt
To RePudote Foreign Policy and APPeose Russio

interfere in each others internal
affairs.
The American Government.
in its reply on December 10.
1851. rejected all these allega-
tions and added:
Assistance Of this nature is
in keeping with the traditional
United States policy Of helping
victims of oppression, in this
instance those Eastern Euro
peans who have escaped or may
escape to the free world :.
"The United States Govern
ment states in conclusion that
false charges of interference in
Soviet internal affairs come with
singular i'll grace from a regime
which has for many years con-
sistently supported subversive
activities directed against the
United States and other ma.
tions Of the free world"
But now that Gen. Eisenhower
has said the same thing, Presi-
dent Truman assails him and
Gov. Stevenson echoes the criti-
cism. an ill-informed British
press misunderstands the issue.
and the Soviet Union jubilantly
takes the Truman view as a
vindication of its earlier protest.
Either the President and Gov.
Stevenson are both playing
cheap politics with international
policies just to get votes-which
seems incredible-or else the
United States Government, fol-
lowing its tactics of advancing
and then retreating, is now pre-
pared to scuttle the Kersten
amendment and to deprive free
dom-loying citizens behind the
Iron Curtain Of the hope that
was kindled for them by the
Congress Of the United States.
It is another washington
mess" precipitated by President
Truman and Gov. Stevenson.
setting back the cause Of peace
by an exhibition Of supersensi-
tiveness for the feelings of the
Communist imperialists who are
killing American boys in Korea
every day.
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Evening star., 1952-09-10
COHSt01tH1e bTOW7:
Policy of Expediency on Egypt
Stote Department lndorses New Personal Rule OF nc
While Processing to Frown on All DctotorshiPs

the cabinet and took over most
of the important cabinet posts.
Whether this able military man
did fire Maher on his own in
itiative or was compelled to do
so by invisible forces behind him
is still not clear.
We know that the Commu-
nists have made deep inroads
into the social and political life
of Egypt because Of the mis-
rule and crookedness of Farouk
and his palace gang. Students.
young army officers and ullemas
(Mohammedan clergy have
joined the ranks Of the Ish.
tarakist Party. Ignorant pea
SAINTS who were promised not
only land but also q "paSha's
life" Joined this movement.
Naguib must rely. at least
until a new election takes place,
on the army whose backbone
is the corps Of politically in
experienced younger officers.
These are impatient and want
things done quickly. They can
also become easy prey for sub
versives who insist that only
drastic and immediate changes
can prove the good faith Of the
new Egyptian dictator.
Had Naguib been able to re-
sist outside pressures and MAIN
tained In the government men
with political experience such
as Maher there would have been
great hopes for a really stable
situation in Egypt. But the way
things are going now there is
much room for genuine fear as
to the future Of that country.
Our Government has learned
something from the recent un-
pleasant experiences in the
Middle East. It blundered, to-
geCher with the British. in Iran
when 1t did not give the neces-
sary support to Gen. Razmara.
Now 1t Is willing to do every
thing within our power to assist
Naguib in spite of his newly
assumed role of dictator.
Evening star., 1952-09-10

Pharaohs he wanted to wipe 1t
out overnight. No one doubts the
honesty of purpose of this fine.
devoted, ascetic Egyptian soldier.
What is feared. however. is that
his lack of political and admin
istrative experience may cause,
instead Of a gradual improve
ment in the country's affairs.
an upheaval which may permit
the Communists to make Egypt
one of their important play
grounds.
Naguib is determined to make
over Egypt as quickly as possible.
He wants to perform a major
surgical operation without an
esthetic. The land reform which
provides for splitting up Of the
vast domains held by a few
wealthy pashas into small hold
ings for the painfully backward
poor classes may boomerang.
The new owners may be happy
to have the land but there Is a
big question whether they can
cultivate it in the same manner
as those who had the resources
for that purpose. And the lack
of know-how might bring about
q severe economic crisis and all
its devastating repercussionsA
Had a "Naguib" appeared in
Egypt before the last war there
is q strong probability that the
country would have been one
of the most stable and advanced
in the Near East. But today
when the Kremlin is on the
prowl, taking advantage of every
possible opening to enlarge its
domination, any violent changes
could easily play into the Polit-
buro's hands.
The recently resigned Premier
Ali Maher. who saw eye to eye
with Naguib regarding the oust-
ing Of Farouk and the changes
in the social and economic sys-
tenn Of the country, advocated
more patience in putting into
effect the planned drastic re-
forms. Naguib forced him out of
Evening star., 1952-09-10
Thomas l. Stokes:
Eisenhower Muddied His Shoes
General Seeking to Moify His Poguing Nemesis Toft
Surrendered to Handful of G. O. P TOP Seroeonts

his face Of the generals mentor
and one-time commanding Of
ficer.
But Gen. Ike has been repre-
sented as different from the
usual candidate for President
and it was for that he was called
to higher duty by seemingly mil
lions of Americans. He said
nothing.
Some who heard the general
speak later saw an ironic incon-
gruity In this portion Of his
speech:
Let me assure you here and
now, the II Indiana Con-
gressmen who are going to
Washington this fall and their
Senators. that when you meet
with me there will be only one
point on which we must all
agree or the meeting will break
up: Are we trying to do some
thing for the good Of the United
States Of America?
IF our hearts are pure. if our
hearts are determined with re-
spect to that one question. I will
assure any Of them and any Of
you that I will sit up all night
and the next day arguing as to
detail and to method but shall
never lose patience with any one
who Is firmly convinced he Is
working for that"
The general seems to be ex-
hibiting great patience now and
willing to stretch the Biblical
phrase 'The pure in heart"
Evening star., 1952-09-10

has also said he would just as
soon it hadn't happened.
In his campaigning in Maine
as elsewhere Nixon has dwelt
heavily on "the mess" in
Washington and be-labored the
Democrats. including Gov. Ste
venson, for their questionable
contacts. The Stevenson deposi-
ton for Alger Hiss is cited and
also the fact that he entered
the Government In the same
department with known Com
muniSts. ~.
Democrats complain that at
least with respect to Gov. Ste
venson this is McCarthyism
with a clean shirt on. But for
some reason they did not try
to put the Senator on the de-
fensive in the State where Re-
publican liquor scandals were
out in the open and "the Dutch
man. a fighting word to the
point Of defeating Brewster.
The successful senatorial can
didate in Maine Is Gov. Payne,
an Eisenhower supporter and
political moderate. His admin
istratiou is involved In the liquor
scandals, which is unfortunate
for his introduction to WASH
ington. The Capitol grapevine
has already produced a rumor
that the Senator -elect would
never be allowed to take his
seat and that the new Governor,
a Brewster man. would reap
point Brewster.
Evening star., 1952-09-10
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

This real hardhittng campaignboth candidates have
already knocked out most Of the issues.
Adai Stevenson transforms through California voters
still little confused whether he's running for President
POSTMASTER
Senator William of Indiana G. O. p soatonist grabs
Gen. es coattails this to dirty campaign
but he'll be after it's take the
to the cleaners.
Taft awaits with very forgvng
nature After ALL the Republican Convention turned out to be
pretty much Of draw. Ike the nomination but Taft
to have the nominee.
eight ballot primary elections This will
give supply Of candidates to reren those who'll give
their lives the heroic ahead OF somebody else
the Stevenson and Eisenhower motorcades.
Maine Republican again., the Dodgers still lead the
National League the leaves trnng-and the polls show
lot of people still undecided which party making the worst