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Evening star., 1953-09-16
Fairfax Beats Green;
Path for S11 Million
In School BondsCIe
By WiIIiom J Elvin

The way was cleared today
for the sale of .$11 million in
Fairfax County school construc-
ton bonds.
The Virginia Supreme Court
has denied petition by At
torney John Locke Green for a
writ of error in his appeal of a
Fairfax Circuit Court decision
of last March.
County school officials said
today the action clears the way
for sale of the bond issue author
lied in a referendum last Feb
ruary.
Manning Gasch, president of
the Freeholders' Protective Asso-
ciation-the group Mr.. Green
represented-said, "As far as I'm
concerned, if that's the decision
of the court. that's the end of it. |"
Lower Court "Plainly Right"
The court, in rejecting the
appeal Monday. said of the lower
court decision upholding the
validity of the bonds: 1.-THE
Circuit Court order was plainly
right"
More than SO county residents
signed petition charging that
the bond referendum ordered by
Circuit Judge Paul E. Brown was
illegally held because the Board
of County Supervisors did not
join in the request for the refer
endum. They also charged that
"great numbers" of persons who
had not paid their 1852 poll taxes
had been allowed to vote and
that two members of the County
School Board were illegally hold
ing Office because they were
Federal employees.
The two members, Hills Lory,
a State Department official. and
Randolph Buckley of the Post
Office Department. subsequently
resigned to avoid being the CEN
ter of a legal controversy hold
ing up the bond sale.
Proposals Origin Decisive.
The lower court held that the
supervisors approval was not
required before the referendum
because the proposal was initi-
'ated by petition of qualified
voters to the school board. Judge
Brown conceded that the super
visors' approval would have
been necessary il the school
board had initiated the refer
endum.
In 1850 similar court action
delayed the sale of a sos mil
lion construction bond issue for
/ nearly a year and school officials
Evening star., 1953-09-16

of the room where Mrs. Krensky
and her children we're, climbed
1t and carried Karen Joyce
Krensky, Az months. and her
2-year-old brother Michael to
the ground.
1t was a easement window, too
small for Mrs. Krensky to get
through.
She was led from the home
later. after the fire was under
control. by Earl Schaffner, a
member of No. 2 rescue squad
in the District, who also is a
member of the Chillum- -Adelphi
Volunteer Fire Department.
Chillum-Adelphi, Mount Rainier
and Brentwood flremen answered
the alarm.
The baby and little boy were
uninjured. Their mother was
treated on the scene.
Evening star., 1953-09-16

said at the time that the delay
caused a So million loss because
OF rising construction costs.
Sale of $2.S million in Arling-
ton school bonds now is being
held up by another suit by Mr..
Green. He has noted an appeal
from last weeks Arlington Cir
cult Court decision upholding
the right of three Federal en-
ployes to sit on that county's
school board. This suit was filed
in behalf Of another attorney,
Miles Spence Bray.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Drive-In Church

SALEM. Ohio (Pl.--The folks
in this Northeast Ohio area have
come UP with a drive-in church.
During the summer, crowds have
floGked to the Salem Drive-In
Theater for their Sunday wor-
ship. The sponsoring Salem
and Vicinity Ministerial Associa-
ton reports that business" is
better than ever.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Beware the Moose

BURNS LAKE. British Colum-
bia (P).-MrS. Rosemary Harri-
son stopped her car on the high
way to let a big bull moose pass.
but the animal charged the car
climbed on the hood and did
considerable damage before re-
turning to the woods.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
How to keep from
burning the soup
Save steps and soup-with a
kitchen extension telephone

Try kitchen extension telephone to
make things easier around the house!
In the kitchen, you can keep an eye
on all those good things on the stove
and answer the telephone at the same
time-if you have kitchen extension.
Comes in mighty handy, too, when
you're planning your meals and order.
ing groceries.
An extension telephone in the
woman's bailiwick-the kitchen-saves
many step and lots of time. And you
can have all this convenience for just
few cents day. Just call our Business
Office now.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Hoover and Macarthur Attend
Quiet Dinner at White House

White House, answering query
by The Star denied that Gen.
Macarthur who was ousted as
Far Eastern commander by
former President Truman. was
coming to Washington to see the
President. Press Secretary James
c. Hagerty said he had been told
by Gen. Eisenhower himself that
there was no truth to the report.
Later, in announcing the af-
fair, Mr.. Hagerty said it had
been arranged several weeks ago.
and had no bearing on the Ko-
rean situation.
Other guests on the list in
cluded: Francis Cardinal Spell
man of New York; Henry Cabot
Lodge, United States representa-
tive to the United Nations; Sec
retary of State Dulles; Secretary
of the Treasury Humphrey; Sec
retary of Labor Durkin.
Also, DR.. Milton Eisenhower,
the Presidents brother; Edward
l.. Ryerson. Chicago iron and
steel manufacturer; LesSing J.
Rosenwald, Philadelphia phil
anthropist: Henry D. Collier. San
Francisco oil executive; Palmer
Hoyt, publisher of the Denver
Post, and Lewis Strauss, former
Atomic Energy Commission mem
ber and now advisor to the Pres
ident on atomic energy matters.
Evening star., 1953-06-09

publicans feel that a regular bill
would have a much better chance
-
MONEY BILL - The second
part Of the 1854 Independent Of
fees appropriations bill is to be
reported later this week by the
House Appropriations Commit
tee. Among the agencies in the
bill are the Veterans Administra-
tion. Atomic Energy Commission
and the Selective Service.
JOBS-The Smithsonian IN
stitution needs a museum Gu
rator (Science and technology .
Applicants for the job, which
pays $500 a year, must have a
degree in mechanical engineer
ing. The Naval Research Lab
oratory has a job opening for a
safety engineer. The salary is
$4,205 or $1,000 a year, depend
ing on the applicants QuaIfica-
tiOnS.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
GI Seized in Auto /,
OF Slain BaIiimorean
Tries 10 End Life
by ths As.oeioted Pros,

DANVILLE. Va, June 9.-An
Army sergeant who was picked
up near here in a car which
belonged to a slain Baltimore
man attempted to take his own
life in his Jail cell last night.
police reported.
He was Theodore Eggleston
Partlow. jr.. of Baltimore, a SER
geant in Army Counter Intelli-
gence.
Partlow and Eric Preston RAN
dali, 25. also of Baltimore. were
picked up in Pittsylvania County
near here while driving an auto
mobile that belonged to 23-year-
old John Metzger of Baltimore.
Mr.. Metzger was killed with a
bullet shot to the head, and his
body was found just outside Bal
timore Thursday.
Were to Meet in Miami.
Partlow and Randall told off,
GERS they had been on a trip
to Canada and were to meet
Mr.. Metzger. driving another
automobile. in Miami tomorrow.
Police found bloodstains on the
steering wheel and left front
panel Of the car Partlow and
Randall had. A Maryland license
plate issued to Mr.. Metzger was
found in the trunk, along with a
footlocker containing personal
possessions and Mr.. Metzger's
Army discharge papers. The car
bore Canadian plates.
Partlow and Randall were
placed in separate cells at the
Danville Jail and last night Part
low was found on the floor, bleed
ing profusely from a cash on the
left side of his throat, police said.
Expected to Recover.
Taken to 9 local hospital, Part
low responded to treatment and
police said they expected him to
be all right. despite the loss of
considerable blood. Jailer WAL
ter M. Riddle said he apparently
used a sharp piece of the wash
basin which he had snapped off
to cut himself.
Both Partlow and Randall
waived extradition to Baltimore
after being arraigned here on a
theft charge.
Evening star., 1953-06-09

A dinner which repeatedly had
been a well-kept secret for sew
eral weeks last night brought
l3 guests to the White House,
including former President Her.
bert Hoover and Gen. Douglas
Macarthur.
The affair was only announced
as the diners were assembling
and reporters and photographers
were excluded.
Just a few hours earlier, the
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Arlington Man Found
Dead in Car With Note
On Keats and Love

A 21-year-old Arlington man
was found dead yesterday in a
lonely lane in Charles County,
Md. with a crumpled note be-
side him reading:
"As Keats once wrote, '"Tis
better to have loved and lost
than to never have loved at ALL
"A fool was I to believe this
thing as Keats himself COM
mitted suicide"
(According to Keats biog-
raphers. he died of tuberculosis.
The quotation in the note ac-
tually is from Tennyson's I'm
Memoriam."l
State police at Waldorf said
the dead man was Milton Spen-
Ger Byers, a vacuum cleaner
salesman of $40 South Twenty
fourth street, Arlington.
Trooper William H. Earle
found the body about 5 pm.
after he had received a report
that a car had parked in Beech
lane about IL am. Saturday,
The lane is in a wooded area
about a half mile of Route 225
near Ripley. three miles west
of La Plata.
Byers was Slumped over the
front seat of the car with the
note beside him and all windows
and doors tightly closed, Trooper
Earle said.
He was pronounced dead at
the scene by DR.. Edward J.
Edelen, Charles County medical
examiner. The body was re-
moved to the Hunt funeral home
at Waldorf.
Police said they believe Byers
had taken poison. DR.. Edelen
will perform an autopsy today to
determine the cause of death.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Committee Is Set Up
On Rent Control Areas
By The Associafed Press

Defense Mobilizer Arthur Flem-
ming has set up a committee to
recommend what parts of the
country should remain under
rent control after July 81 as crit
ical defense areas.
The announcement indicated
that in the future Federal rent
control will be limited to areas
containing Defense Depart
ment or atomic energy installa-
fionc
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Rail Officials Open
Hearings on Cause
OF Manassas Wreck

Officials Of two railroads were
conducting a hearing at Alexan-
dria today in an effort to deter
mine the cause Of the collision
between a Southern Railway
passenger train and 2 train
which killed two trainmen near
Manassas Wednesday.
The inquiry opened shortly
after IL am. in the Southern
Railway Offices at South Henry
and Wolfe streets. with crewmen
and company officials called to
testify informally. A spokesman
for the Interstate Commerce
Commission said ICC agents will
hear the testimony and report
to the commission.
On the basis of this report.
the commission will determine
If a public hearing is necessary.
The session today was closed to
the press and the public. The
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tlnue for two or three days.
Southern offlcials said the
Chesapeake and Ohio freight
had halted on the main
line to permit another north
bound freight to switch cars
ahead of it.
1t was said that an automatic
red grade signal was flashed
along the track to the south
and the c. & o. flagman went
is car lengths to the rear of
the stationary train as an added,
routine precaution.
The red lights were supposed
to indicate a 10-mile-an-hour
speed. One witness said the
passenger train from Atlanta.
had reduced speed. A railroad
official indicated that tests
would prove nothing was wrong
| with the brakes.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Senator Douglas Honored

LEWISBURG, Pa, June 8 (Pl,
Senator Douglas, Democrat. of
Illinois was awarded an honorary
degree of doctor of civil laws yes
terday by Bucknell University for
rendering public service beyond
the call of political duty" Sem
ator Douglas delivered the COM
mencement address to 349 seniors
and SO graduate students.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

quite warm, with chance Of scat
tered afternoon showers.
Wind-Moderate westerly winds
tonight and tomorrow.
Five Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, June 1914.
Temperatures will average 3
to degrees above normal. Wash
ington normals for this period
are a high of 81 and low of Ga.
Warm tomorrow. cooler Thurs
day and warmer again on Fri
day and Saturday. Chance of
showers tomorrow and likely
again on Friday or Saturday,
totaling around u inch.
Evening star., 1953-06-09

District and vicinity-Scattered
thundershowers likely this eve
ming, low in the 70s. Tomorrow,
some cloudiness and quite warm.
with chance of afternoon
showers.
Maryland-Scattered thunder
showers this evening, followed by
partly cloudy tonight. low 66-72.
Tomorrow, some cloudiness and
quite warm. followed by scattered
thundershoWerS in west portion.
Virginia-Some cloudiness and
scattered thunderShowers likely
this evening, low tonight 68-74.
Tomorrow, partly cloudy and
Evening star., 1953-06-09
College Head Named

CHESTER, Pa. June 9 (P.A
The Pennsylvania Military Col
lege Board of Trustees yesterday
announced the selection of Maj.
Gen. Edward Elliott MacMor-
land as president of the college.
The 61-year-old career officer
now is serving with the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization in
Europe,
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Evo Peron Role Filled

BUENOS AIRES. June 9 R.-
French Actress Andree Debar, a
blond who looks like Eva Peron,
will play the title role in a film
on the life of President Peron'S
late wife. The actress said today
Gen. Peron has approved her Sc
lection. Most of the picture will
be made in Argentina, starting
in November or December.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
County Democrats Meet

An intra-party row over policy
and leadership may come to a
head tonight when the Mont
gomery County Democratic AS
sembly meets at 8 o'clock at the
Richard Montgomery H Il & h
School, Rockville.
The assembly is open to all
registered Democrats in the
county.
AS many as a dozen resolutions
may be introduced tonight. some
of them critical of present party
leadership.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
House Committee
Refuses Plan 10 Delay
Foreign Aid Bill
By ]. A. o'Leory

A surprise move to put of ac-
ton on the new $5.4 billion for
eign aid program until fall was
beaten in the House Foreign At
fairs Committee today.
The author of the motion was
not made known Immediately,
but Chairman Chiperfield said
the proposal was defeated decis-
lively. It would have postponed
consideration of the bill to a date
to be fixed by the chairman, not
later than December /. With
Congress planning to adjourn by
the end of July. that would have
meant postponement until the
1854 session.
The Mutual Security Agency
has unexpended balances that
would take care of most of the
actual spending in the fiscal year
starting July /. but the foreign
aid enabling act expires June 80.
With the defeat of this de-
laying tactic, the House commit
tee called another meeting this
afternoon to begin aeting on de-
tails.
Meanwhile, the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee also spent
this morning in a preliminary
study of the bill. but had made
no major decisions at the lunch
con recess.
Funds for rehabilitation in
South Korea should be given
special consideration by Congress
in the bill if the truce goes
through. Senator Ferguson. Re-
publican, of Michigan said.
But the overall $5.4 billion
total asked for foreign aid by
the administration was in dan
ger of a further cut, especially
in the House.
Three key members of the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee had breakfast at the White
House this morning, just before
that committee met.
No Horizontal Cuts. =
Afterwards, Chairman Clipper
field and Representative Vorys,
Republican. of Ohio. ranking
majority member of the commit
tee, said there may be some cuts
in the bill, but Mr.. Vorys stressed
that there would be no hori-
zontal whacks." Any reductions
would be on a selective basis, he
said.
The committee heads are
hopeful of bringing the bill UP in
the House next week.
In addition to President EiSen-
hover, those who sat in on to-
days meeting were Secretary of
State Dulles, Mutual Security
Director Harold E. Stassen and
Representative Richards of South
Carolina, ranking Democrat on
the Foreign Affairs Committee.
G. O. p. Hunts New Cuts.
Senators believe they can
steer the bill through their For
eign Relations Committee with
out drastic change, but House
Republicans were reported to
have discussed further cuts
ranging from $500 million to 81
billion at an informal conference
yesterday. The bill is already
$2.2 billion below the Truman
budget.
Senator Ferguson said he
favors priority treatment for Ko-
rean rehabilitation because he
believes it will be important fol-
lowing an armistice to keep the
South Koreans from deciding
that the United States is no
longer interested in them.
Evening star., 1953-06-09

r pr esenta-
tive Withrow,
Republican, of
Wisconsin an
other member
of the COM.
mittee.
The meas
ure would va
cate all post
master jobs
where the in
cumbents did
not pass COM
petitive exams
to get their
nnSifinnS This
Evening star., 1953-06-09

would include about 5000 post
masters appointed before 1888
and who did not have to take
exams. These postmasters were
blanketed into civil service under
an executive order.
Republicans say many of these
5000 are Democrats and that
many of them are postmasters
in some of the largest cities in
the country. The legislation
would set I'D exams for all these
jobs, and this would lead to the
appointment of Republicans in
most of these jobs. It's axio-
matte that the party in power
gets to fill most of the vacancies
on examinations, since persons
belonging to the opposition party
don't even bother to compete.
The measure is said to have
the approval of the administra-
ton and Postmaster General
Summerfield.
Notwithstanding, the Post
Office Department soon will give
it's clerks and carriers a chance
to compete on a merit basis for
supervisory jobs.
Employees in Grade Z or above
will be eligible to take exams
for supervisory positions. The
first exams will be on a limited
basis, applying to about 200 of
the large post Offices in the
country. Later, they will be ex-
panded to include all post offices.
The move is major step in
Postmaster General Summer
fields program to modernize the
Departments personnel opera
tionS and improve efficiency.
Clerks and carriers. for many
years, have decried the lack of
opportunity to get ahead and the
fact that many supervisory jobs
are filled on a political and per-
sonal patronage basis. Deputy
Postmaster Charles Hook, who
is doing an excellent job in as
sisting Mr.. Summerf1eld, is in
charge of the forthcoming pro-
gram.
LEAVE - House Senate con-
ferees on the legislation to repeal
or ease the Thomas rider are
meeting at 2 pm. today for their
first session. Although the House
and Senate versions vary consid-
erably, the conferees feel a sat-
isfactory compromise can be
reached within a few meetings.
AS reported here Sunday, Federal
employees appear safe in not
using all of their 1852 leave by
the June 80 deadline, which is
certain to be lifted by the con-
ferees.
y II \
COMMERCE-Carl F. Oech-
sle, a LongmeadoW (Mass.) in
dustralist, has been appointed
special assistant to Assistant
Secretary of Commerce Craig r..
Sheaffer.
y X +
TREASURY-M eri tori iou S
awards have been given to three
employees in the Treasury De-
partment's Bureau of Accounts.
They are Norman c. Copp, Au-
brey J. Smith and Floyd l..
SwayZee.
FIRING RIDERS - The re-
sounding defeat in the Senate Of
the rider to give. department
heads the right to fire civil Serv-
ice employees summarily without
charges or hearings. apparently
ends any danger of a similar
provision being offered again.
However, the Republicans still
are seeking means of gaining
firmer control over the 10000
non-civil service jobs and may
sponsor regular legislation to
gain their objectives. A rider to
bring this about was defeated in
the Senate last week, but Re-
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Injured Judge Is Buck

HARRISONBURG, Va, June
9 (P.-Judge Hamilton Haas has
returned to his Rockingham Cir
cult Court bench after being abb
sent since last october recuper-
ating from automobile accident
inillrieS.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Amvets to Convene

MIDDLETOWN, Md, June 8
R.-Maryland AmvetS will hold
their annual convention in Mid
dletoWn, June 1923. State Com
mander Michael Luciano of Bal
timore, has announced.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Tax Rates UNCHANGED

The Falls Church City Council
has voted to retain the present
tax rates for the 1854 fiscal
year.
At a budget hearing in Madi-
son School last night, the council
voted to leave unchanged the
real estate tax rate of $2.75 per
500 of property valuation, and
the personal property rate of
$40.
The school budget was ap-
proved as recommended by the
School Board. .......-.
Evening star., 1953-06-09
The Federal Spotlight
Republicans Trying to Grab
Top-Poying Postmaster Jobs
BY Joseph Young

The Republicans are pushing legislation grab off 5000 Of
the better-paying postmaster jobs. - ~ =
Representative Katharine st George Renuh,;can - n
York. chairman OF the House Civil Service Committees Postal
Operations has sponsored bill bring about
Evening star., 1953-06-09
4Reeeive Degrees
Al Dunbarton COLLEGE

Thirty-four students of the
Dunbarton College of Holy Cross
Sunday received graduation de-
grees at the schools 17th an
nual commencement. The Most
Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle, Arch
bishop of Washington, presided
at the ceremonies.
An address to the graduating
students was made by John c.
H. WI, LIB. J.D., of the School
Of Law, Seton Hafk University,
South Orange, N. J. Constance
Louise Pierson, who graduated
Magma Cum Laude, also was
class valedictorian. Other grad
1iafnC
Evening star., 1953-06-09
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
New School Board Members
Sworn in Prince Georoes

The Prince Georges County
School Boards membership was
increased from three to seven to-
day. when four new members
authorized under legislation ap-
proved by the 1858 General As
sembly were sworn in.
New members are Mrs. Louise
D. Yuill. Lanham; Raymond E.
Steele, Hyattsville; Mrs. Louise
D. Cowgirl, University Park and
William j. Griffith, Upper Marl-
boro.
Mr.. Griffith, a professional
bondsman, is the first colored
person ever named to the county
school board. ...
Evening star., 1953-06-09

Is scheduled TO begin hearings
soon on the bill. An identical
bill also has been sponsored by
Evening star., 1953-06-09

River Report.
tFrom y. s. Engineers.l
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers
Ferry and Great Falls: Shenandoah
. cloudy at HarperS Ferry.
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|Kulp-Duront
Announcement

Announcement is made by Mr..
and Mrs. Frank P. Kulp of Sill
yer Spring of the engagement of
their daughter. Jean Evelyn. to
Mr.. James Calvert Durant. He
is the son of Mrs. Marc Randall
of Tampa, Fla, and Mr.. Jack
w. Durant of California.
The bride-elect attended
George Washington University.
Mr.. Durant was a former stu
dent at the University and is
now serving with the United
States Air Force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-12
-Hessler Photo.

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert j. O'Neill
of Chevy Chase, Md, announce
the engagement Of their. daugh-
ter, Ann Marie, to Mr.. Donald
James Hogan, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph I. Hogan.
Miss O'Neill is a graduate Of
Holy Cross Academy and is now
employed with the Military Sea
Transportation Service. Her
fiance will be graduated from
Catholic University in June. He
is president Of the senior class
Of engineers and architects and
Of the Senators Club at the Uni
verSity.
He was recently elected to
who's Who in American Uni
versities and Colleges" and also
Is a member of the Blue Key
honor society. The wedding is
planned for September.