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Evening star., 1952-01-02
Bethesda, Chevy Chase
To Burn Christmas Trees

The second annual Christmas
tree burning celebration will be
held at Z pm. Saturday on the
grounds Of Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School,
Sponsored by the Bethesda
Chamber OF Commerce. the affair
celebrates the arrival Of the
Three Wise Men at the manger Of
the Christ Child. Scott r. Brewer,
jr.. is chairman of the observance.
The Bethesda and Chevy Chase
Fire Departments and the Ber
thesda- Chevy Chase Rescue Squad
will stand by to see that the f1r4
does no damage.
In case Of rain, the program
will be held Monday night. AS
sisting Mr.. Brewer are John p.
McGill and Joe Dratch. Trees
will be received on the grounds
all day Saturday.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Frances R. McCothrun Dies
From Overdose of Sleeping Pills
Chevy Chase Womon
) Daughter Of Civic
Leader, Ends Life

Miss Frances r. McCathran, 80,
daughter Of S. Jay McCathran,
iry attorney and civic leader, was
found dead in her bed yesterday
at her home, 205 Oxford street,
Chevy Chase, Md.
DR.. F. j. Broschart, Montgom-
Iery County coroner, issued cer-
|tiflcate of suicide, and indicated
that Miss McCathran had taken
an overdose of sleeping pills. He
said, however, he had sent a blood
Sample TO the State pathologist
|ifi, Baltimore for examination.
/. q SLEEPING Pills Found.
Detective Sergt. Leo C.. Day of
the Bethesda police said a box
of sleeping pills was found in Miss
McCathran'S room.
Police said Miss McCathran
kissed her father and mother good
night before going to bed about
11:30 pm. New Years Eve. She
apparently died during the night.
When Mrs. ,McCathran went to
call her daughter yesterday morn
ing. police said, she thought the
young woman was asleep and did
not attempt to awaken her. How
ever, about ! pm. police were
summoned. So
They said Miss McCathran had
been treated for a nervous condi-
ton by family physician.
Was Information Specialist.
Miss McCathran was born in
Washington and attended Chevy
Chase Elementary School, Chevy
Chase Junior High School and
was graduated from Central High
School in 1884. She also attended
Hollins College, Virginia, gradu-
Evening star., 1952-01-02

Ivestry. the church's governing
body, had ruled 10 years before
she purchased the lots thai
monuments that extend or pro.
trude above the ground are nc
longer permitted to be placed ir
the cemetery"
She took the case to court where
counsel for the church said the re-
|striction was an attempt to stand
ardize grave markers by provid-
ing that only one outstanding
marker be permitted to each grour
of four or more graves and that
individual sites be identified by
stones or metal plates set flush
with the earth.
The purpose of the order, it was
indicated, was to insure a higher
degree of uniformity and to re-
duce cemetery maintenance costs
through facilitated grass moving.
Nothing in the order, it was
made clear, was intended to apply
to old-style tombstones In the
cemetery ut the time Of its issu-
ance.
Noting that the vestry conveyed
the lots to the plaintiffs sister
some six years before the resric-
ton was imposed and that the
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Crime and Budget
Issues 10 Get Study
BY Maryland Council
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Jan. 2.-The Leg
|islative Council takes up such sub
|jects as crime, judges pensions
and budgetary proposals this week
as it steps up preparations for the
February General Assembly meet
ing.
The council is an interim group
of lawmakers who study proposed
legislation between sessions of the
General Assemly. The General
Assembly will meet February 6. :,
The councils Judiciary Commit
tee will consider its recommended
tions for new laws to combat
crime at a meeting at 4:30 pm.
tmoorrow. Proposals for increas-
ing judges pensions will be
studied jointly by the judiciary
and Finance Committees tomor-
row night.
Budget Study Scheduled.
A Friday night session of the
council will be devoted to further
study of the Sobeloff Commits
sion's proposals for revamping the
State budget system.
The Judiciary Committee held
a series of meetings over the State
last summer and fall in an effort
to find out whether organized
crime has gained a foothold in
the State. Generally speaking,
county officials who appeared be-
fore the committee denied the
existence of organized rackets,
saying such crime as they had
was of local character and well
under control.
Nevertheless, some recommen-
dations for strengthening the
States criminal laws are expected
to result from the committee
study.
Salary Bills Considered.
The Finance and Judiciary
Committees will consider bills to
raise maximum pensions for
judges of the State Court of Ap-
peals from $4,000 to $1,000, and
for circuit court and Baltimore
supreme bench judges from $4,000
to $4,000. The legislature rejected
similar bills at the 1851 session.
Proposals for revamping the
budget call for substitution of a
program-type budget for the pres
ent line-item bill; elimination of
the supplementary budget except
for certain unavoidable items: and
a number of technical changes.
The budgetary proposals were
developed by a commission headed
by Simon Sobeloff, a Baltimore
attorney, and composed of num-
ber Of experts on fiscal matters.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
By J. l. Michael

Replacement of towering tomb.
stones by modern fiat marker:
moves slowly in Maryland's his
toric church cemeteries today
because of objections rooted ir
tradition and support of a recent
court ruling.
Descendants of English Coloni-
ais and others whose relatives
have died in the last few decades
cling as tightly to the old-style
symbols as the ivy which often
covers the tall granite shafts.
Many persons. church officials
have found, are disinclined to
accept the modern trend toward
stone or metal markers set flush
with the ground.
And, unless land deeds for their
burial plots are restrictive in this
respect, they need not use the fiat
markers. Chief Judge John B.
Gray. jr.. of the 7th Judicial Cir
cult, has decreed.
The decision. handed down in
Upper Marlboro Circuit Court
has brought wide discussion OF
other methods of paying flnal
respects to the departed.
Among these Is the growing
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Store HoIdup Suspect
Seized as Car Hits Him

A liquor store holdup suspect
who was captured after being
struck by an auto as he fed the
scene was due in Municipal Court
today.
Police said Hubert Grant. 80.
colored, Of the 900 block of S
street NV. and an unidentified
companion lifted the cash regis
ter from the Dox Liquor store,
1901 Seventh street NV, took it
around the corner and emptied it.
Then. as he. crossed the street
against a red hght. Grant was
struck by an auto driven by John
M. Arena, 1885 Eighteenth street
NV. Grant was arrested by po-
licemen who had bene called to
investigate the accident. He was
treated at Gallinger Hospital for
head and face injuries and
charged with grand larcenN
Evening star., 1952-01-02

later. It is expected that Mr.
Loughborough viii. take this pos
when Mr.. Massey arrives.
It took less than an hour fol
the supervisors to run through
the previously prepared resolu.
tions and make the appointments
The resolutions had been drawn
up in advance. after consultation
with the supervisors. by Com
monwealth's Attorney Hugh B
Marsh. and Attorney George r
LiddeH. who helped advise the
Supervisors on the transition. The
new supervisors had ironed out
most Of the major transition
problems at a series Of meetings
they held before taking Office.
Carper Re elected Chairman.
G. Wallace Carper, Providence
district representative, was re-
elected chairman. He is one of
three holdover members of the
board. The others are Mr.. Fox
of Dranesville district and Arthur
Shaffer, Mount Vernon district.
New supervisors are Mrs. wilkins
Mr.. Jett and Stuart DeBell of
Centreville district. The new four
year terms Of all six began yes
terday.
Mr.. Massey attended the meet
ing yesterday as his appointment
was made official.
Born in Spotsylvania County "A
years ago. Mr.. Massey was grad
uated from r. Z. Lee High School
there. He received a degree in
civil engineering In 1928 from Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute, grad
uating with honors. During the
ensuing 10 years, he was city en-
gineer and administrative assist
ant 10. the city manager at
rederioksburg. Va.
Mr.! Massey served as town man
aser of Salem. Va, from 1888 to
1o43 ana from there went to Hen
rico County. which Is suburban
type county adjacent 70 Richmond.
and is similar in several ways to
Fairfax County. It has q popula-
ton Of about 10000. Fairfax's
population is estimated to be over
1O0, 900, having steadily increased
since the 1850 census when it was
just slightly under 100000.
Mr.. Massey married the former
Miss Margaret L. Cunningham of
Alexandria in 1884 and they have
two daughters, IA and IL years old.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Soldier Listed as Missing
Reported Killed In Korea

The Defense Department an.
nounced today that Corpl. Rich
ard A. Daley Of North Brentwood
Nd. who previously had beer
listed as missing in action, ha,
been killed in the Korean fighting
Corpl. Daley, who was %, en-.
listed in the Army in September
1850. Assigned first to the Engi
neer Corps. he later was trans.
terred to the Infantry.
In the civilian life, the soldier
who was colored. worked as jani
tor IN apartment houses at Sea
Pleasant. He was married il
l94e, and his wife Irma has beer
living with her sister in Dean.
wood. Md. .
Besides his wife, Corpl. Daley i
survived by his mother, Mary, wht
lives at 4517 Forty-frst avenue
North Brentwood, and seven sis,
terS and seven brothers.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Mild Weather
Continues More
Rain Predicted
Mercury Climbs
70 81 on Holiday,
| a Under Record

The District area was settling
down to normal today after long
holiday and public schools re-
opened.
The Weather Bureau said the
weather was not so normal, how.
ever, as the unusually warm spell
continued. Today's prediction
called for more cloudy skies, oc-
casional rain and temperatures in
the upper sos.
Tonight occasional rain is fore.
cast with lower temperatures by
morning and tomorrow. The low
tonight will be around 20 degrees.
Yesterday, on the first day Of
the new year. the thermometer
SCARED to 81 degrees. Although
short of the record of the days
ldegrees-the temperature was still
20 degrees above normal.
7S Degrees in Richmond.
Virginia had warm January I
with Richmond reporting a
sizzling 78-degree reading that
brought hundreds of families
strolling in the parks and caused
a couple Of brash youngsters to
strip to their underwear for q
dip in a Byrd Park lake.
Blackstone. Va, recorded n de-
grees while. Lynchburg, Norfolk
and Front Royal registered "a de-
1greeS.
The Weather Bureau said the
warm spell was due to an unusual
Southwest circulation of air that
brought warmth up from. the Gulf
Of Mexico. A cold front is moving
in from the Midwest, however.
| Most Schools Reopen.
All public school children in the
Washington area-with the ex-
ception Of acknowledgement
back to school today. Glasses
started in the District, Montgom-
cry, Prince Georges, Arlington and
Fairfax Counties and in Falls
Church. Alexandria schools and
parochial schools in the Washing
ton Archdiocese will open tomor.
row.
Air. rail- and bus companies re-
ported large crowds returning to
Washington yesterday and last
night. The rush was nothing like
that experienced at the Leginning
OF the holidays, however, indicat-
ing that area residents have been
drifting back over a period Of
several days.
Evening star., 1952-01-02

ating magma cum laude in 1888.
She then worked as an informa-
ton specialist and receptionist for
Henry j. Morgenthau, who was
Secretary of the Treasury at the
time, and after his retirement
transferred to the Treasury De-
partment's Procurement Division,
in charge of public relations.
When the Procurement Division
was transferred to the General
Services Administration, Miss Nc
Cathran wrote for GSA's techni-
cal division. ...-.4
She was a member of the Chevy
Chase Junior Women's Club, and
also of ALI Saints Episcopal
Church.
In addition to her parents, Miss
McCathran is survived by a broth
er, Rod r. McCathran II, who is
traffic director of the Bell Tele-
phone Co., in Newport News, Va.
Funeral services for Miss Nc
Cathran tentatively are scheduled
for tomorrow, pending arrival Of
her brother here.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Backers Offer Funds
For Mrs. Werner 10
File for Congress

Mrs. Stella Werner, Montgom-
cry County civic. church and po-
lltlcal leader. today was con-
sidering the pleas of her friends
that she seek nomination for the
seat Of Representative Beall, Re-
publican, Of Maryland.
Nearly 100 persons called or
the County Council member at
her home. 6807 Forty-fifth street
Chevy Chase, yesterday to urge
her to seek the Democratic nom
ination to Congress from the 9Th
(Western MarylanO district.
AS proof of their support, each
brought 81 to help pay Mrs. Wer-
ner's 500 filing fee If she de-
cides to run.
Lee Leads Group.
Spokesman for the group was
Maxton Lee, chairman Of the
Democratic precinct in which Mrs,
Werner lives.
He said her friends realized the
Importance Of her work on the
County Council but felt she could
best serve her county on a ma
tional level.
He added her supporters be-
lleved she would represent the
little people" and that there
would never be any question of
corruption as far as she was con-
|cerned.
Mrs. Werner. visibly moved by
the request, said she would make
up her mind within the next 10
days. She said she wanted to talk
with Democratic leaders in the
four other counties which COM
prise the 9Th district.
|. IF decide to run" she. prom
ised, II will give you the best cam
paign you have ever had"
Mr.. Beall, the incumbent. has
announced his intention to run
for the Senate.
Only other Democratic candi-
date in the field for the 9th dis
trict seat is William Prescott
Allen. publisher Of the weekly
Bethesda Tribune. for whom Mrs.
Werner formerly worked as a
columnist.
Led Drive for Manager.
If Mrs. Werner is nominated
and elected, she would be Mary
lands second woman member of
Congress. The first was Mrs.
Katharine Byron of Williamsport,
who was elected in May, 1s4l. to
complete the term of her husband.
William D. Byron. after he was
killed in plane crash.
Mrs. Werner was executive
director of the Montgomery
County Charter Committee and
was one Of those who spearheaded
the drive for a council-manaeer
form Of government in the
county.
Her husband. John Werner, is
a senior mechanical engineer with
the Public Buildings Administra-
tion. They have two daughters.
Mary, a student at Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School, and
Mrs. Leroy Allison, jr., Chevy
Chase. and q granddaughter,
Stella Allison.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
County Citizens Plan
Series Of Workshops
On Survey Report

The Citizens Committee fo1
Good Government in Prince
George County will hold the first
in q series of workshops on the
recent county survey report next
Wednesday at 8 pm. in Blandens-
burg Junior High School.
The first session, the committee
|announced today. will be devoted
to discussion of "Why Do We
Need a Change in County Govern
ment?" DR.. Elwyn Mauck, direc-
tor Of the State Fiscal Research
Bureau at the University of Mary
land. will be special guest.
The committee said a represen-
tative Of the survey firm, Public
Administration Service of Chicago
also will take part. The represen-
|tative probably will be John D.
Corcoran. field supervisor, the an
nouncement said.
Others To Be ON Panel.
Others who will be on the panel
to lead the discussion are Mrs,
William H. Wood, president Of the
county League of Women Voters;
Reuben J. Gordon, chancellor Of
the Chilean Embassy in Washing
ton; Byron Allen, chairman of the
committees board Of directors,
and Mrs. Zella Saylor. general
chairman Of the workshop.
The survey report, which the
citizens committee eampaigned
for, recommends sweeping
changes in Prince Georges gov
ernment including adoption Of q
home rule charter and a county
system.
The second workshop is sched-
uled Tor January Is on the ques-
ton: els County Business Bust
nesslike?" Special guest ct that
session will be Carl Tiller, budget
methods specialist for the Fed
eral Bureau Of the Budget.
Workshop 8 Set January 23.
Workshop 3 is scheduled for
January %, when what Services
Do We Want for Our Money!"
will be discussed. The special
guest for that session is yet to be
announced. All three workshops
win be held at the same time
and place.
Meanwhile plans for reprint
ing the survey report have been
announced by the committee. VIII
liam r. Turner, executive secre-
tary, said copies ordered by Janu-
ary IL will be available about
February Is The single COPY
price is '$1.5o but a special price
OF SIPS has been set for groups
ordering 10 or more copies.
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Gifts to First 81 Bobv

A girl born to Mr.. and Mrs
Vernon E. Lambert of Herndon
Va, was the first 1852 baby at
Arlington Hospital.
The 7-pound 8-ounce GIN was
born at 1926 am. The parents re-
Iceived more than 5000 worth of
Egifts from Radio Station WEAM
and Arlington merchants.
Evening star., 1952-01-02

Scnool board,
major depart
ment heads and
continuation Of
all employees in
Office.
Appointed by
the Board of
Supervisors a S
t h e county's
first permanent
executive wa S
Carlton C. Mas.
sey, who for the
past eight years
has been county
manager OF
Evening star., 1952-01-02
PTA to Head Weller

The Fairfax Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association will
hear talk on Pathological defense
by Harold F. Weller, special ad-
visor to the co-ordinator of civil
defense for Fairfax County, at 8
pm. Thursday In the school cafe
terra
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Dr.. Whiteut to Speok

DR.. Merton L. Whiteat, Silver
Spring pediatrician, will speak at
$3.50 pm. Thursday at the Nc
Kenney Ellis Elementary School
P-TA. Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1952-01-02

41CAGN 4AO1A Z dAIxhA NOQIlIys MI.
Davis is a member Of the Pine
crest Citizens Association. The
Davis have two sons, Robert, 8,
and Steven, 4. He succeeds c. N.
Cockrell as the Falls Church
representative. Mr.. Cockfell lives
in the territory annexed by Alex
andria.
Mr.. Buckley, also an attorney,
lives at Clifton, Va, and is a MEM
ber Of the town council there.
He Is a graduate Of George Wash
Iington University. Since 1923, Mr..
Buckley has been with the Post
Office Department and Is Q spe-
lcial assistant in the Bureau Of
the Chief Post Ofnce Inspector. He
belongs to the Clifton Parent
Teacher Association and has
been active in Boy Scout work. He
is an elder of the Presbyterian
Church at Clifton, and is treas
urer of the Monticello Highway
Committee. Mr.. Buckley succeeds
Alex Haight as the Centreville
district representative.
Mrs. Bicksler. the clerk, pre-
viously had been secretary to
Mr.. Loughborough under the old
government, and has been a
county employe since 1899. Her
appointment was made after the
supervisors decided to create a
clerks position separate from the
court clerk. The county execu-
tive form Of government provides
that the court clerk serve as clerk
to the Board Of Supervisors, un-
less they choose otherwise. Most
counties like Fairfax appoint q
separate clerk. 8ee
The Welfare Board, formerly
appointed by the Circuit Court,
was named by the supervisors as
follows: Mrs. Elizabeth White,
Supervisor Maurice Fox and Miss
Edith Rogers. The last two named
were members of the old Welfare
Board.
A routine resolution was adopted
creating the various departments
provided for in the county execu-
tive system, and then the super
visors proceeded to appoint tenn
porary heads Of those departments
on Mr.. Loughborough'S recon-
mendations.
Those appointed were L. M.
Coyner, director Of the depart
ment of finance; Miss T. Mary
Beachan, welfare director; Carl
Mcintosh, director Of the depart
ment Of law enforcement; John
W.. Ferguson, director Of the de-
Ipartment of assessments; DR.. Fred
C. Heath, director Of public
health, and Joe Beard and Miss
Jesse Hammerly for. the depart
ment Of farm and home demon
stration.
All Of those appointed served
in similar capacities under the
old setup. Mr.. Coyner was treas
urer and Mr.. Ferguson was COM
missioner Of revenue-two elective
offices that were abolished under
the county executive system. Mr..
Mcintosh was known as police
chief under the former system.
The others held Offices with sim
liar titles to the new ones.
Others Continued in ONCE.
A resolution was adopted con-
tinuing all other, county employees,
including police, in office tndsn-
nitely, or until their successors
Iare named.
The voting was unanimots On
all actions but one. Mrs. Anne
wilkins. representing Fails Church
district, voted against creation Of
q separate department Of assess
|ments. The supervisors had the
alternative Of llacing the assess
ing function under the depart
[ment Of finance.
It was voted to create the ONCE
|of county purchasing agent with
in the department Of finance and
the appointment Is to be made
Evening star., 1952-01-02
Fairfax Starts
Operating Under
Rule
-a
Massey Is Appointed
As the County's First
Permanent Executive

Fairfax County's new form of
government started operating to-
day after the New Years appoint
|ment of a new county executive.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-01-15

vivors of such an attack would be
suffering from burns. Four out of
every five patients at Hiroshima
were burn casualties.
Modern Burn TherapY
Modern burn therapy has its place
among the developments which have
made the last decade the age of
miracles in medicine. Ten years ago
the person who suffered burns of so
percent of his body was given up for
dead. Today there are men and wom-
en- leading normal active lives who
have suffered third degree burns on
80 percent or more of their bodies.
Medical authorities concur in the
opinion that the effectiveness of the
wonder drugs" and hospital treat
ment often depend on the first aid
which precedes them. Physicians de
fine burn as an open wound which
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-01-15

WHILE WARTIME casualties
make shocking front page news,
burns are daily taking an equal toll
in civilian life. Every year some
5000 Americans die from fires and
burns.
These fatalities number only about
a tenth Of the men, women and chill
dren who are severely burned but
survive. Minor burns are as COM
mon as the common cold, yet few
people have learned the rudiments
of proper first aid treatment.
knowledge of emergency burn
treatment may save the life of a
child, neighbor, or a fellow worker
in day-to-day living. Should we ever
be subjected to atomic attack, ii
might well become the greatest
single factor in saving thousands Of
lives. Military and civilian experts
agree that more than half Of all sur
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-01-15
Winters Masterpiece

When winter paints with magic wand
A landscape scene, a silver pond,
The trees and bushes iced with snow
In lacy ernine CLEAN and glow
AS things Of beauty, jeweled bright
In wonderlands of pure delight.
Jean Most. Fallon County.