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Evening star., 1953-04-15
Clay Modelling and Painting
Aid in Theropy for Alcoholics

aged just to scribble. One patient
started scribbling and finished
with a picture of a snake. Ger
tainly not an unusual thing for
an alcoholic to be thinking about.
But after several weeks of treat
ments the same patient started
Scribbling aimlesSly and produced
a crayon drawing Of a swan glid-
ing through peaceful scene.
Later the same patient moved
on to painting and his first pic
ture showed an armless man
standing helplessly in a barren
desert broken only by a leaf1ess
tree from which a Christmas
tree ornament hangs. The pa
tient has painted many pictures
since. His most recent one shows
shadowy man complete with
hands and arms capable of ac-
ton in a scene filled with light
ana living plants beginning to
appear.
Understood Them Later.
These pictures not only helped
the psychiatriSt to understand
the patient but, as the man who
painted them said, Painting
helps me understand myself.
drew these pictures very quickly
and only understood them later
when I studied them at leisure"
Painting has also boosted the
alcoholics self-esteem, as in the
case of the Clinics recent art
show in the Georgetown Branch
of the public library. The pic
lures not only received the COM
plimentS of local art authorities
but some Of them were sold at
the show.
The clinic is operated by the
District Health Department and
financed by the funds from the
alcoholic beverage tax.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Virginia Is Democratic Aqoin
As Tuck Wins House Seat
Ex-Governor Gets
4,500-Vote Margin
In Special Election
By the Associated Press

DANVILLE, Va, April 15.-
Virginia returned to its CUSTOM
ary Democratic voting ways and
elected former Gov. William M.
Tuck to Congress in yesterdays
special election in the southside
5th district.
The hefty, 56-year-old Tuck.
who walked out on the national
Democratic ticket last fall,
trounced Republican Lorne Ross
Campbell by about 4,5O0 votes in
a total vote that fell short of
10000.
It was the Nations first elec-
tion since November in a nor
mally Democratic district that
bolted to Gen. Eisenhower. And
while Mr.. Tuck's majority was
less than the districts usual
comfortable margin for the Dem
ocrats in congressional elections,
the result indicated the area
didn't contract any new Repub-
lican voting habits in November.
Mr.. Tuck will bring to the
Congress a powerful new voice
for the Southern Democratic
point of view on which he ex-
pounded frequently while Gov
ernor-he calls it sound doc
trine"-and later when he ripped
into the Truman administration
before, during and after the 1852
Democratic convention.
He resigned as Democratic
State chairman after only two
months in office because of his
distaste for the national Demo-
cratic ticket and platform.
Hardly a Surprise.
Mr.. Tuck's. victory, hailed by
Democrats and Republicans in
the Virginia delegation in WASH
ington, including Republican
Representative Broyhill, was
hardly a surprise, least of all to
the loser.
Mr.. Campbell, a 43-year-old
independence. Va, political new
conner and - like Mr.. Tuck a
country lawyer, disclosed he had
congratulated Mr.. Tuck and con-
ceded the election at 9 am. yes
terday-a good nine hours before
the polls closed and anybody
started counting the votes. He
said he'd made a personal survey
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Councilnlen Hit
Cost Of Extras
In New Schools
Montgomery Heads
Question VuIue Of
Some Facilities

Some Montgomery County
Councilmen have their sights
set on trimming the extras out
of school construction.
The council yesterday ap-
proved by a. four-to-one vote an
increase from 10000 to $685.
600 in the amount to be spent to
construct a new 1,800-seating-
capacity gymnasium at Mont
gomery Blair High School.
The action came, however,
only after lengthy discussions
with DR.. Richard E. Carpenter,
assistant schools superintendent
in charge OF construction.
Gravelle Dissents.
Councilman Louis A. Gravelle
refused to support the increase.
Mr.. Gravelle said he felt the
council should not act until after
it had asked advice from some
competent people" whether the
cost was justified.
He suggested that Mason A.
Butcher. public works director,
examine the blueprints and
building costs on behalf of the
council. Mr.. Butcher spends
most of his time building roads
and streets.
Mr.. Gravelle, Councilman Har-
old Hammond and j. Louis Mon
arch all questioned the wisdom
of building schools with "kitch-
ems. all-purpose rooms and other
extras"
They indicated they may seek
to prevent the school board from
constructing anything but class
rooms with next years appro-
priationS.
The councilmen postponed &C
tion on an increased appropria-
ton for the Hunting Hills Ele-
mentary School.
Want Another Site.
The school board had aban-
doned the project as not feasible
because of soil conditions in
the area and had asked that
the project be moved to West
Rockville. Councilman Mon
arch asked that the action be
delayed until the county at
torney's Office checks the le-
gality of such a transfer.
The school officials had asked
for an increase from $3.50, 900 to
$4,000 for the school because
of doubling Of classroom space.
Councilmen indicated they
would approve a 100000 in
crease. thereby omitting kitchen
equipment. They want the
kitchen converted into classroom
space.
The school board yesterday
awarded a $457 $50 contract for
the Montgomery Blair gym con-
structiot1 to the T. Calvin Owens
Construction firm, of Washing
ton. The building is expected
to be completed within a year.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Housewife Calmly
Pleads Not Guilty
In Infants S Murder

A plea of not guilty yesterday
was entered by Mrs. Viola Opan-
owich, Arlington housewife in
dicted by a grand jury Monday
on charge Of numbering her in
FAINT son.
Arranged in Arlington Circuit
Court before Judge William D.
Medley, Mrs. Opanowich, AZ, was
calm and composed. She wore
dark glasses. Her trial was set
for May II and $4,000 bond un-
der which she has been free was
continued.
When Mrs. Opanowich was
first arrested on February 13, she
told police she had thrown the
week-old infants body into a
furnace. Earlier, Commonwealth
Attorney William j. Hassan had
begun an investigation of the
baby's disappearance. On Feb
ruary IA, the baby's body was
found in a field near Shirley
highway.
Mrs. Opanowich Is represented
by Attorney William c. Nemeth.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
DeIicatessen Operator
Jailed in Lottery Case

A Silver Spring delicatessen
operator was ordered to spend a
year in the Maryland House of
Corrections and pay $400 in fines
on two convictions Of operating
a lottery.
He is Solterios c. Guelakis,
Al, Of the 1900 block Of G street
NV.
A Bethesda detective told Sill
yer Spring Trial Magistrate j.
Fendall Coughlan he placed four
horse race bets with Guelakis last
month at his delicatesSen in the
81OO block of Georgia avenue.
Evening star., 1953-04-15

Montgomery County council
men have under consideration a
proposal that would prohibit the
construction of homes along un-
paved streets.
The proposal was made yester-
day as the council again delayed
action on an amendment to the
building code that would re-
quire the posting of a bond to
assure street construction before
a building permit could be issned.
In lieu of this, Public Works
Director Mason A. Butcher sug-
gested the council consider with
holding building permits where
the developer owns all or nearly
all the property until a grading
permit is obtained.
Small Builder PrOviso.
In the case of the small builder
or individual, he suggested no
building permit be issued until
after a waiver of road code re-
quirementS is obtained or a 'front.'
foot benefit project authorized
by the council.
The effect would be that no
house could be built on an un-
paved street, Mr.. David Mac
donald, county attorney, said.
The building code amend
ment was called for several
months ago as the council
sought to bring suburban street
construction requirements in
line with the recently adopted
upper county subdivision regu-
lationS. Home builders in the
upper county are required to
post bond to assure street con-
struction.
Mr.. Butcher said the amend
ment would not achieve the re-
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Alexandra Board
ToReconsid P|anto
Destroy Old Building

Proposed destruction of an
old building at the southwest
corner of Duke and Fairfax
streets in Alexandria will be re-
considered by the city's board
l'of architectural review at a spe-
cial meeting Friday.
This was announced by Coun-
Gilman D. S. Haddock at a coun-
Gil meeting last night after a
letter was read from the Old
Town Civic Association protest.
ing loss of the building.
Mr.. Haddock is a member of
the Board of Architectural Re-
view which has already author
lied the owners to raze the
building. An Alexandria ordi-
nance requires permission of the
architectural board to destroy
old buildings.
Erected Before 1888.
Capt. j. c. Myers of the civic
group said a title search showed
that the building was erected
before 1888 and became Alex
adria's first parochial school in
1881. The building currently is
owned by the society of St.
Vincent de Paul, which got
permission to tear it down to
provide parking space for near
by st. Mary's Church. Capt.
Myers said the owners appar-
emily thought the building was
constructed in the mid-18OOs.
The council last night voted
a $50.000 ALLEGATION from bond
funds to begin covering Hooff's
Run between Prince street and
Diagonal road. The entire
project will cost $175,O00. City
Engineer c. Luckett Watkins
said the ALLEGATION approved
last night would allow purchase
Of steel for the job. The money
was set up in a 1948 bond issue.
A loan of $4,000 was granted
to the Alexandria Sanitation
Authority to begin its operation.
The authority was created by
the city to construct and operate
sewage disposal system. Albert
A. Smoot, chairman. said the
money would be refunded when
the authority issues its first
bond.
Theater Plan Approved.
The council granted q special
use permit for construction of
the city's first open air theater
on a 12-acre tract on Little
River Turnpike and Lincolnia
road.
Everett c. Weitzell was ap-
pointed to the Northern Vir-
ginia Regional Planning and
Economic Development Commis-
sion to replace Leroy E. Peabody
who resigned. Mr.. Weitzell is
chairman of the Alexandria
Planning Commission
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Board Rules Schools
0ff-Limits for
Political Material

The Montgomery County
School Board yesterday clamped
down on the distribution in
schools of political material, ad-
vertisements and other an
nouncements not directly related
to the schools.
The board directed that such
matter, intended to be carried
home to parents by pupils, be
prohibited.
Board President H. Stanley
Stine said the action was the
result of a series of complaints
lodged by parents.
Wylie w. Barrow told the
board he had heard complaints
aimed specifically at Parent
Teacher Association bulletins.
He said parents told him the
bulletins often contained mat
ters of a political nature and felt
they should not be distributed
tnfOugh the pupils.
Communications of a nom
political nature from the PTA
groups, however, may be dis
tributed through the schools.
The PTA bulletins were criti-
cized during the recent General
Assembly session because they
urged parents to support certain
pieces of school legislation.
The board also discouraged
canvassing by pupils in the
community for subscriptions for
magazines, papers, books or
other merchandise.
The board, in its edict on
political publications, did not
explain who would determine
what was political content"
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Ban Against Home Building
On Unpoved Streets Studied

suits desired. He added the
county had little trouble with
the large developers who would
be affected by the amendment.
He also warned the amend
ment might put some small
home builders out of business. It
would require them to build full
width streets from intersection
to intersection even if they
owned less than half the abutting
property.
Builder Takes Gamble.
The small builder as a result
often has to petition the council
for a front foot benefit project
which sometimes takes two years
to complete. Even then, Mr..
Butcher said, the builder is gam
bling on the council approving
the project.
The man who builds his own
home is a bigger headache for
Mr.. Butcher.
Often, Mr.. Butcher said, he
buys a lot on what he thinks is
a county-accepted street. Then
he learns a front-foot benefit
project is necessary to get a
paved street and he cannot get
other property owners to 60
along with the cost. AS a result,
he has a mudhole in front of
his home.
A. Morton Thomas, director of
inspections and licenses, had an
answer but the council took an
exceedingly dim view Of it..
Get out of the front-foot
benefit by petition field and let
the county take over all street
construction and assess property
owners for the work. he sug-
gested. This is the situation in
many jurisdictions.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Arlington Republicans
Plan Meeting Toniqht

The Republican Club of Ar
lington County will hold it's first
spring meeting at 8 o'clock to-
night in the Lyon Village Com
munity House.
Among those who will discuss
Republican plans for the county
and State are Colin C. MacPher-
son, county treasurer; Robert A.
Peck, chairman of the county
board; George RowZee, county
board member, and Robert
Groom, county Republican
chairman.
Evening star., 1953-04-15

mer member of the school board
there.
In the Fairfax-Falls Church
district, Guy M. Bayes, chairman
of the county Democratic Com
mittee. was the latest to throw
his hat in the ring.
Damn Will Not Run.
A significant development in
Arlington was statement by
Delegate George Damn that he
does not intend to run again.
cts going to be long
campaign" Mr.. Damn said,
land I honestly don't feel that I
can afford to take the time away
from my law practice to make a
primary and general election
race. I have enjoyed my expert
ence in Richmond and I sin
cerely appreciate the honor the
voters have paid me-"
If he remains out that would
leave Delegate j. Maynard Ma
gruder as the only incumbent
who seeks to return. Mr.. Ma
gruder lost the nominatio to
Edmund D. Campbell for the
House of Representatives last
year and Mr.. Campbell later
was defeated by Representative
Broyhill, Republican.
Arlington has had only two
Delegates in tine General Assem-
bly, but now is entitled to a third.
BOothe Circulates Petitions.
In Alexandria Delegate Armi-
stead L. Boothe announced.
Previously announced for
commemorative attorney in
Alexandria were the incumbent.
Howard w. Smith, son of the
9th district member of Congress.
and Earl Wagner.
Mrs. BuSSey has served on the
State Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton Board of Managers and
Executive Committee. She has
been member of the Arlington
Community Chest, Recreation
Committee and the SoroptimiSt
Club.
At present she is serving on
the Advisory Council for the
Congress of Parents
and Teachers. and is a member
of the Women's Democratic Club
of Arlington, the Organized
Women Voters, the Lyon Park
Woman's Club and the Christian
Science Church.
A widow, Mrs. Bussey lives at
1888 Wilson boulevard. She has
lived in Arlington since 1924.
Others in Race.
Others in the Arlington House
race are Thomas j. Broyhill,
George P. Grove, Harrison Mann
and Mrs. Kathryn H. Stone.
Mr.. Bayes, an attorney with
Offices in the Barr Building in
Washington, is a member of the
10th Congressional District DEM
ocratic Committee and the State
Central Committee.
From 1850 to 1852 Mr.. Bayes
was president of the Fairfax
Civic Federation. He ran against
G. Wallace Carper in the last
Board of Supervisors election but
was defeated.
Mr.. Bayes, Al, has lived in
Fairfax County since 1910. Mr..
Bayes and his wife and their
three children live at Chester
brook.
Others previously announced
in Fairfax are John Webb, Fair
fax attorney; Omer Hirst, An
real estate man, and
Richard Stands of Mclean.
member of the county school
board.
Fairfax County and Falls
Church, which have had only
one delegate until now, are en-
titled to two under a new law.
The incumbent. Edwin Lynch, is
1ot running again.
Mr.. Boothe was born in Alex
andria As years ago. He was
.ducated in the public schools.
Episcopal High School and the
of Virginia. He began
law in Alexandria in
931.
From 1888 to 1943, MIR. Boothe
vas city attorney. He was in the
Navy from 1943 to 1945.
Mr.. Boothe. his wife and their
hree teen-age daughters live on
Ticar lane in Alexandria.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Wachter 10 Seek Seat
On COLLEGE Park Council

Alfred E. Wachter, jr., 26, an
employe of a Washington build
ing supply firm, today announced
his candidacy for the College
Park City Council in the May 4
election.
A lifelong resident Of College
Park, Mr.. Wachter is a graduate
of HyattSville High School. He
served in the Navy in World
War II.
He lives at 5103 Apache street
with his wife and two children.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Mechanic Gets 7 Years
In S56 Check Forgery

Robert E. Jennings, 38, a me-
chanic, of the 1900 block of R
street NE, yesterday was SEN
fenced to serve two years in
the Maryland House of Correc-
tionS for forging a check for $50.
Montgomery County Circuit
Judge Stedman Prescott imposed
the sentence.
Jennings also is wanted in
Prince Georges County and the
District on similar charges, po-
lice said.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
ARLINGTON B'nui Birth

Arlington B'nai Birth lodges
will install officers at z o'clock
tonight in the Roumanian Inn.
BIS Thirteenth street NV. Chief
speaker will be Representative
Emmanuel Celler of New York.
top ranking Democrat Of the
House Judiciary Committee.
Evening star., 1953-04-15

Falls Church-Four candidates
for two seats in the House Of
Delegates.
Alexandria-An opponent for
the incumbent Commonwealth's
attorney.
Latest to announce in Airing.
ton is Mrs. Lucy G. BuSsey, for.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Arlington Buddet AIRING

The proposed Arlington budg-
OF will be discussed at a special
meeting Of the County Civic
Federation at 8 pm. tomorrow
at Lyon Village Community
House, Lee highway and North
Highland street.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Rolling Terrace PTA Fair

The Rolling Terrace Elemen-
tary School PTA will hold a
spring fair from II am. to 5
pm. May 2 at the school. Bay
field and Hood streets, Takoma
Park, Md.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Arlington Guidance Center

The Advisory Board of the
Arlington County Guidance Gen.
ter will meet at $50 o'clock to-
night in the auditorium of the
County Health Department, 1900
North Edison street. : =
Evening star., 1953-04-15

Tor cano1oateS
to file.
B a S ed on
political an
n o uncenents
a nd film g S
W it h Demo-
cratic p ar t y
chairmen SO
far, this is the
picture:
Arlington
A SiX-way race
for three seats
in the House
of Delegates.
Fairfax and
Evening star., 1953-04-15
Senutor Johnson to Speak

Senator johnson, Democrat.
of Colorado, will address the
Arlington County Jefferson Day
dinner at $50 o'clock tonight in
the Terrace Room Of National
Airport.
Evening star., 1953-04-15
.Prin1aryRdces
Sure in Nearby
Virginia Areas
DeodIine for Filing in
Democratic Contests
Falls at Midnight
By Alex R. Preston

Democratic primary contests in
all suburban Virginia localities
were assured with the approach
of tonight's midnight deadline
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-03-20

would limit our freedoms of ex-
preston and conscience. In the name
of unity, they would impose a mar
row uniformity of idea and opinion.
Let no one mistake where the Demo-
catic Party stands on this. We glory
in the multiplicity of strains and cul-
lures and ideas that are woven into
the tapestry we call America. We
share Jefferson's eternal hostility
to any form of tyranny over the
mind of man."
Our farm and factories may give
us our living. But the Bill of Rights
gives us our life. Whoever lays
rough hands upon it lays rough hands
on you and me. Whoever profaneS
it's spirit diminishes our Inheritance
and beclouds our title to greatness
as a people. If we win mems hearts
throughout the world, it will not be
because we are a big country but
because we are a great county. Big
ness is imposing. But greatness is
enduring.
Only a government which fights
for civil liberties and equal rights
for its own people can stand for
freedom in the rest of the world.
Only people who can achieve the
moral mastery of themselves can
hope to win the moral leadership of
others.
Opposition confers opportunity;
adversely tests the soul and strength
ems the will. "Yield not thy neck
to fortunes yoke, but let the daunt-
less mind still ride in triumph over
all mischance."
The Democratic Party understands
the nature of the contemporary chal-
lenge. The party of all the people,
it can speak to all people everywhere.
The party of the poor and humble, it
can understand the strivings of the
poor and humble everywhere. The
party of freedom and opportunity, it
can hold high the torch Of democracy
and light the way to liberty for men
and women everywhere. And be
cause the Democratic Party under
stands the challenge of history, his
tory will reward it once again with
responsibility.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-03-20
SEASONAL INFLUENCES PRIMARY REASON FOR
HIGH February unemployment

10000 jobseekers, two years ago
1890.
Present unemployment, the COM
mission says, stems principally from
seasonal influences. Construction,
logging and numbering, railroad
maintenance, and farm operations
reach their low ebb in January and
February. Resumption of work be-
gins in March. Coal mining follows
counter-seasonal pattern and is
just now beginning layoffs which
normally continue until August or
September.
Unemployment of these idled
workers will be stimulated by hiring
of crews for the first full season of
work on Tiber dam, near Chester,
and for construction of plant and
facilities for processing aluminium
near Columbia Falls. From 1000
to 1900 workers will be required
at the two projects by midsummer.
Farm employment will begin this
month and reach maximum proper
tions in April and May. Construc-
ton of dams, buildings, bridges and
highways follows similar seasonal
pattern.
Present concentration of idle
workers is heaviest at Kalispell, Bill
lings, Great Falls, Missoula, Butte,
and Helena, in that order, Out of
the 1900 jobseekers there were
1900 claimants for unemployment
insurance during the first week in
March. A year ago there were 1000
claimants, two years ago $500 and
three years ago 1900 at the same
period.
Industrial and commercial employ
ment in February was $4,000, an
increase of 5000 from a year ago,
the report indicates. This represent
ed increases of 3,400 in wholesale
and retail trade, LOO in contract
construction, 1000 in governmental
employment, 900 in all mining, 600
in service industries, and smaller
gains in other branches of industry
and commerce. None of the major
industries recorded a decline from
a year ago.
! DEMAND THE UNION LABEL