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Evening star., 1954-04-26
Delay Seen on nBeaII Action
By Montgomery Council

The absence of two members
Of the Montgomery County
Council may mean that action
on a report on County Manager
Edward T. Beall will be post
poned at the regular Council
meeting tomorrow.
Councilman Louis A. Gravelle
said it was the consensus of
Council members that action on
the report prepared by two priv
ate attorneys should not be TAX
en- unless all members are pres
ent.
Councilman George F.. Nes-
bitt has been recuperating from
an operation and may not be
at tomorrow's meeting, Mr..
Grawlle said. Councilman j.
Louis Monarch is on a weeks
vacation in Bermuda.
Mr.. Beall has been named in
connection with six findings for
recovery for $2,548 missing from
the accounts of the Portsmouth
(Ohio) City Hospital. He was
city manager and hospital di-
rector there before coming to
Montgomery County last Septem-
Der.
Mr.. Beall has been on leave
with pay since the Portsmouth
findings were announced two
weeks ago.
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vices have transformed sunlight
directly into electricity, but in
such minute amounts that they
have been valuable only as
measuring instruments for as
tronomers with a limited use in
industrial thermostats. It long
has been agreed that they Of
fered no practical power possi-
bilities.
Silicon junction Is Basis.
The device demonstrated to-
day is based on extremely COM
plicated physics but apparently
combined something of the prin-
ciple of the thermocouple and
of the crystal detectors used in
the early days of radio. The
basic unit of the new battery is
a junction of two strips of sill
con into each of which has been
introduced Slight impurities,
thus making them unequal
conductors.
Basic in the battery is a So
called pm junction." based on
the same principle as the lately
introduced germanium transis-
tors which are replacing vacu-
um tubes in various electronic
devices.
although the work still is
in the laboratory stage, &C
cording to Bell Laboratories,
"actual use of the solar battery
in the telephone business is a
strong possibility. Such batter
les might be used as power
supplies for low power mobile
equipment, or as sun power bat
terry chargers to be used at
amplifier stations alongua rural
telephone system such as that
now under trial at Americus,
Ga. This points to greatly i'm
proved service without the ad-
dition of new wires"
The sun. according to calcula-
tions cited by the engineers,
supplies the earth with over
a thousand trillion kilowatt
hours of energy daily but hither-
to there has been no practical
means of trapping and concen-
trating it.
The sunshine battery is quite
different from the recently an
nounced atomic battery which
converts rays from radioactive
atoms into current. AS yet. the
atomic battery produced only
one millionth of a watt.
Evening star., 1954-04-26
PoIIack Trial Set
In Cumberland TODAY
By the Assoeioted Press


CUMBERLAND, Md, April 26.
james H. (Jack) Pollack,
Democratic leader in Baltimore's
Fourth District, was to go on
trial in Circuit Court here to-
day on charges of trying to OBJ
struct justice.
His case was transferred to
Cumberland after defense coun-
sci contended he could not OBJ
tain a fair trial in Baltimore.
Mr. Pollack is accused of try
ing to influence testimony of
witnesses in a series of morals
trials in Baltimore. The grand
jury which indicted him also
indicted Franklin Roosevelt
D'Alesandro. 20-year-old son of
Baltimore's mayor, on a charge
Of committing perjury at the
rape trial in which young D'Ales-
andre won acquittal.
States Attorney Anselm So
daro of Baltimore will be chief
prosecutor for the trial here.
assisted by members of his staff
and States Attorney Paul
Fletcher of Allegany County.
G. c. A. Anderson of Balti-
more is Mr.. Pollock's chief coun-
sci
Evening star., 1954-04-26
Virqiniio Doctors Advised
On | 0test Medical Trends

Alto Edmund Feller, professor of
microbiology.
DR.. Julian Beckwith, assistant
professor of internal medicine,
advised doctors to get heart
attack patients out Of bed and
into a chair as soon as the initial
shock has been overcome and the
pain gone.
Other speakers included DR..
Juan De Dios Martinez -Galindo,
associate professor of neuro
surgery; DR.. William Carson;
professor of internal medicine: /:
DR.. Edward Cawley, professor of
dermatology; DR.. McLemore
Birdsall. associate professor of
pediatrics; DR.. George Cooper.
associate professor of roentgeno-
logy, and DR.. William Thornton,
jr., professor of obstetrics and
,gynecology.
Evening star., 1954-04-26

More than 100 doctors were
brought up to date on some of
the latest trends in medicine
yesterday at the fifth annual
Northern Virginia Clinical As
sembly sponsored by the Alexan-
dria Medical Society.
Atoms, antibiotics, heart dis
ease, obstetrics and skin cancer
were discussed by staff members
of the University of Virginia
Medical School. who conducted
the day-long session at Hunting
Towers.
DR.. Kenneth r. Cristell, asso-
ciate professor of internal medi-
cine, discussed the use of isotopes
in diagnosing thyroid conditions.
Caution against the overuSe Of
antibiotics was stressed by DIR.
Evening star., 1954-04-26
Watchman Charqed
As Early Customer
Is Shot at Restaurant

A Silver Hill (Md.) watchman
who forgot to set his watch
ahead for Daylight Saving Time
was charged with shooting a res
taurant customer who dropped
in for breakfast yesterday at
the customary opening hour.
Prince Georges County Detec-
tive Sergt. Ralph E. Bond said
the watchman, Joseph L. Hamel,
Sc, who works and lives at
Strick's Restaurant, Branch
avenue and Naylor road, was
charged with assault with intent
to kill. He was held without
bond pending a preliminary
hearing in County Police Court
in Upper Marlboro.
Sergt. Bond said Hamel was
drunk at the time and says he
remembers nothing about the
shooting. Hamel told the SER
geant he failed to set his watch
for daylight time and thought
the customer was trying to get
in before the restaurant was due
to open.
Bullet Pierces Wrist.
The customer, Raymond o.
Barnes, 43, of 100 Thirtieth
street Sc. is still in critical con-
dition today at Casualty Hos
pital A bullet went through his
wrist and into his left side.
Sergt. Bond said Mr.. Barnes
went to the restaurant about ID
am. and found another man
there waiting for the place to
open. He was Louis Mondorf, a
beer salesman, of Upper Marl-
boro.
A waitress, Mrs. Norma v.
Davis. 33, arrived and the three
went to the door.
Then these things happened,
according to Mr.. Mondorf:
Mrs. Davis called for Hamel to
open the door,:
The watchman came to the
door. dressed only in his under
wear. and told her the place
didn't open till 10. She told him
it was already 10 after 10. and
he opened the door.
Mrs. Davis said she was afraid
to go in alone and asked the
others to accompany her. Mr..
Barnes was on the doorstep when
Hamel started wrestling with
him. Mr.. Barnes pushed him in
side and closed the door.
Waitress Screams.
Mrs. Davis screamed Hamel
was holding a gun. The sales
man started running and shout
ed for Mr.. Barnes to come with
him.
Mr.. Barnes held his ground
and told Hamel to put up the
gun. They were six or seven feet
apart when the shot was fired.
Mr.. Barnes, wounded. got up
and staggered through the res
taurant to a gas station. Hamel
went back into the restaurant
and was threatening to shoot Mr.
Barnes again when Policeman
Oral o. Husk arrived and Or
dered him to put the gun down.
He placed the weapon on the
floor.
Evening star., 1954-04-26
6. 0. P. Candidates
Meet in County, But
Fail 10 Cut Contests

All the Republican candidates
for Prince Georges County met
last night, but failed to agree
on narrowing the number of
contests in the G. o. P. primary
election June %.
State Senator j. Raymond
Fletcher, chairman Of the coun-
tvs Republican Central Com
mittee, said, however, that he
was "very pleased with the gen.
eral attitude shown by the can
didates."
He said he believes the meet
ing. which was held in the
County Service Building at
Hyattsville, will help keep the
Republican primary campaign at
a high level. He said the candi-
dates decided they would con-
centrate on selling their. own
abilities rather than attacking
their opponents"
Inere nave Deen three With
drawals of Republican candi-
dates, but they occurred before
last nights meeting.
Marvin B. Baltimore has
withdrawn as a candidate for
County Commissioner, but is still
a candidate for the Central
Committee. John w. O'Brien
also pulled out from the Central
committee contest. That leaves
the Republicans with 18 aspir-
ants for the seven central COM
mittee seats.
Another Republican candidate
who had withdrawn is Mrs. Will
lie N. Constantine, who had filed
for delegate to the State con-
vention.
On the Democratic side,
Thomas j. Van Pelt withdrew
as a candidate for sheriff.
Deadline for candidates to
withdraw is midnight tonight.
Evening star., 1954-04-26
County Kindergarten
Conferences Slated

Montgomery County elemen-
tary schools have announced the
following schedule for preschool
conferences for kindergarten
enrolment:
Tomorrow-Rock Greek Forest
and WeStbrook.
Wednesday - Burtonsville
Gaithersburg. Hillandale tmorn-
ing only. Oak View, Twinbrook
and VierS Mill.
Thursday Fairland, Four
Corners. LaytonSville. Lone Oak,
Oakland Terrace. Pleasant View
Takoma Park, Viers Mill, Wood
lin and Wyngate.
Friday - East Silver Spring,
Four Corners, Kengar, Oakland
Terrace. Pinecrest. Viers Mill.
Washington Grove and Wyn-
gate.
Evening star., 1954-04-26
New Schools Planned
For Charlottesville
Speciol Dispatch 10 The Sior

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va,
April 26-New schools are in
planning or construction stages
in all but one of the eight coun-
ties in this area as the States
postwar school construction
boom continues in high gear.
The. costliest work under way
now is going on in Charlottesville
where $1,260,000 in earmarked
for the Burnley Moran and
James G. johnson elementary
schools.
These schools are using the
major portion of 81, ,350, 900 desig-
mated for a city school building
program. The remainder of the
money coming from the Battle
Fund and $95O,OOO bond issue
will go for an addition to Lane
High School and interior altera-
tions at Clark and McGuffey ele-
mentary schools.
These two new schools should
be in use by January /, 1855. TAX
ing the pressure of enrolment
increases off the other three city
elementary schools.
Two major school buildings are
nearing completion in Bucking-
ham County-a $350,000 high
school for Negroes and a $3.50, 900
white elementary school at Dill
wyn to go into operation in Sep
tember. The high school, on
Route 20 near Dillwyn, has been
named after the late Carter G.
Woodson. native of Bucking-
ham and leader in Negro affairs.
The old Negro high school, the
Buckingham Training School,
which will be converted to ele-
mentary use. has been renamed
the Stephen J. Ellis School, hon.
oring its founder who was also
a native of the county
Evening star., 1954-04-26

6 per cent efficiency in CONVEX
sion of sunlight. This is COM
parable, the engineers reported,
to the efficiency of most steam
and gasoline engines in the
conversion of fuel. Most of the
previous ideas have contemplate
ed production of power indi-
rectly through the production
of heat.
The two possible exceptions
have been the thermocouple and
the photoelectric cell, especially
the lead sulphide cell developed
during the war. Both these de-
Evening star., 1954-04-26
200 Students 10 Stage
Mental Health Program

Nearly 200 student entertain
ers will participate Wednesday
in a presentation sponsored by
the Northern Virginia Chapter
of the National Association of
Mental Health.
The Salute to Mental Health"
program will be staged at 8:l5
pm. in the auditorium of Ar
lington's Washington-Lee High
School.
Charles E. Planck, chapter
president, announced that nearby
Virginia recreation departments,
schools and private groups will
Evening star., 1954-04-26

cooperate in the event. He
said the performers will include
dancers, singers. tumblers, come
dians, a majorette drill team,
tiny-tot boxers, musicians and
two bands-the Alexand a
Police Camp Band and The
Squawkers of the Burgundy
Farms Cooperative School.
Evening star., 1954-04-26

in many laboratories from va
rlouS directions-increasing the
rate and efficiency of photosyn-
thesis for the creation of new
conventional fuels, trapping of
sunlight by enormous mirrors,
splitting water into hydrogen
and oxygen by means of sunlight
and then burning the hydrogen.
There has been some progress
in all these directions but none
of the processes ever has reached
more than a / per cent efficiency.
The telephone company device
demonstrated today achieves g
Evening star., 1954-04-26

The first practical direct con-
version of sunlight into electric
power-perhaps potentially one
of the most revolutionary devel-
opments of the age-was demon
strated before the National
Academy of Sciences here today
by engineers of the Bell Tele-
phone Laboratories.
The engineers have succeeded
in making a solar battery which
theoretically should last forever,
which consumes no fuel of any
kind, and which produces an
electric current sufficient to OPP
crate a radio transmitter and
transmit voices or music. This
opens the door, although per-
haps only a crack, to mans util-
ization of importing energy
which every day amounts to more
than that obtainable from all
the coal. oil, falling water,
uranium and thorium if totally
consumed.
Even at this stage, the engi-
neers reported, the sun battery
may be of practical Importance
in the telephone industry as a
power source for certain mobile
equipment.
The battery is composed Of
very thin strips of silicon, most
common substance in the earth's
surface, each about the size of a
safety razor blade. These strips
are extremely sensitive to light.
They can be linked together to
deliver power from the sun at
the rate of so watts per square
yard of surface
Long Sought by Scientists.
The possibility of utilizing sun
power directly has been a bright
hope of physicists and chemists
ever since it has become appar-
ent that at the present demand
the fuel supplies of the world
were approaching exhaustion.
Even prospects of atomic en-
ergy offered little relief from this
dilemma with the likelihood that
it always would be extremely ex-
pensive for general usage and
would offer. at the best, only a
temporary relief for so long as
there were abundant supplies of
fashionable material. There have
been prophesies that nuclear
power never actually would
amount to much because its use
would be forestalled by the direct
tapping of the sun with its un-
limited energy.
The problem has been pushed
Evening star., 1954-04-26

Back Lankford
For House Seat
Endorsement Comes
From Anne Arundel
And Prince Georges
By Gene Goodwin

Richard E. Lankford of An
napolis today had the indorse-
ment of two key county central
committees in his campaign for
Democratic nomination to Con-
gresS from the 5th Maryland
District.
The Democratic Central Com
mittees of Prince Georges and
Anne Arundel counties an
nounced their Endorsement Of
Mr.. Lankford today. They are
the two most populous counties
in the district. which also en-
compasses Howard, Charles. ST.
Marys and Calvert Counties as
well as portion of South
Baltimore.
The double Endorsement is seen
as a tipoff that Mr.. Lankford
now has the backing of DR.. H.
c. Byrd. president-emeritus Of
Maryland University, who is Wy
ing with George P. Mahoney for
the Democratic nomination for
Governor.
The Prince Georges Demo-
cratic Central Committee. par
ticularly, is viewed as a weather
vane of Byrd sentiment. 1t
could not indorse the Annapolis
attorney and member of the
House of Delegates, however, un-
til the Anne Arundel County
committee had settled factional-
ism in its own county enough to
back Mr.. Lankford.
Anne Arundel Split.
The Anne Arundel county
Democratic party is evenly split
between factions supporting Mr..
Lankford and another group
which looks to State Senator
Louis Phipps for leadership. In
the 1852 Democratic congress
sional primary, Mr.. Lankford
carried the district even though
he lost to Mr.. Phipps by a nar-
row margin in his county.
Mr.. Lankford said today that
the Anne Arundel county in
dorsement means he and Senator
Phipps have buried the hatchet
for this primary campaign.
L. Harold Sothoron, chairman
of the Prince Georges Central
Committee. said his committee
decided to back an Anne Arundel
candidate because lit wouldn't
be good politics for Prince Georges
to try to grab two top Offices"
He was referring to the fact
that Prince Georges is the home
of DR.. Byrd.
Mr.. Landlords three oppo-
nents for the Congressional NOM
ination are all from Prince
Georges county. They are WAL
ter L. Green, John S. White and
Paul H. Menk, jr. Mr.. Green
said in a statement today that
he feels the committees indorse-
ment merely represents the senti-
mentS OF six Democratic voters
of the county"
Mentions Appointee Status.
II would like to STRESS" he
added. that the six members
of the Prince Georges County
Committee were appointed and
were not elected and hence do
not reflect the sentiments of the
Democratic voters of the county"
Mr.. Menck, who lives in Uni
versity Park and is making his
first bid for public office, ques-
toned the wisdom of the Lank-
ford Endorsement in view of the
fact that Mr.. Lankford polled
only 893 votes in Prince Georges
County in the 1852 primary.
Mr.. White, former speaker Of
the House of Delegates, was not
available for comment.
Evening star., 1954-04-26
NucIeur Donation

Believing nuclear energy will
"play a tremendous part in Aus
tralia's development" G. B. S.
Falkiner, wealthy New South
Wales grazier, has given $4,000
to Sydney University for re-
search.
Evening star., 1954-04-26
Annapolis Soroptimists
Plan Antique Sale

The Soroptimist Club Of An
napolis will hold an antique show
and sale Friday, Saturday and
Sunday in Carvel Hall, An
napolis, Md.
On exhibition will be furniture,
glass, china, jewelry, prints.
lamps and clocks by 81 antique
dealers of New England. Mary
lands Eastern Shore and the
South. Proceeds will go for the
civic and welfare work of the
Soroptimist Club.
Evening star., 1954-04-26
Cumberland Cop Route

LEXINGTON.-Earliest route
to the West led through the
Cumberland Gap instead of the
more convenient Hudson Valley,
principally because the hostile
1roquois Indians lived there.
Evening star., 1954-04-26
Art Show to Be Held

The Montgomery County Adult
Education Program will sponsor
an art exhibit from Z to 10 pm.
tomorrow at the Leland Junior
High School. About so exhibi-
tors are to be represented.
Evening star., 1954-04-26
Moy Be Outfoxed

Farmers in Fire are glad to get
rid of rabbits, but trappers in
some areas are cleaning out the
pest so well that it is feared fox
es. losing their staple diet, win
turn to poultry, Dublin reportA
Evening star., 1954-04-26
6. o. P. Club to Meet

The Chillum Branch of the
Prince Georges County Young
Republican Club will meet at 8
pm. Wednesday at the Coop
meeting room. New Hampshire
and Ethan Allen avenues.
Evening star., 1954-04-26
Legion Sets MEETING

The Dyer-Gunnell Post No.
180 Of the American Legion, De-
partment of Virginia. will hold
an open meeting at 1880 pm.
Friday in the o. F. A. Hall.
Vienna, Va. a.
Evening star., 1954-01-08
Benefit Show
Tickets Are
Going Fast

Only q limited number Of
tables and . few individual seats
are still available for the March
Of Dimes Festival luncheon and
fashion show Tuesday at 1890
at the Statler Hotel, according
to Mrs. Claiming 8. Walker,
chairman Of the ticket commit
tee.
Tickets for this March Of
Dimes benefit are $40 each and
are on sale at the Statler Ticket
Once or can be purchased by
calling Mrs. Walker at Emerson
2-2306.
At the head table will be Mrs.
Earl Warren, Nine. Munthe de
Morgenstierne, Baroness Silver
cruys, Nine. Bohemian, Lady
Makins, Mrs. George M. Hum
phrey, Mrs. Charles e. Wilson,
Mrs. Arthur E. Summerfield,
Mrs. Harold E. Talbot. Mrs. Ar
thur w. Radford. Mrs. Matthew
B. Ridgway, Mrs. Nathan F.
Twining, Mrs. Samuel Spencer
and Mrs. William p. Mac
Cracken.
Acting as mistress Of cere-
monies will be Mrs. Morris Ca
fritz. general chairman Of the
benefit. Canon Charles Martin
of the Washington Cathedral will
offer thanks, and Miss Constance
Bennett (Mrs. John Coulter) will
act as special commentator for
the fashion parade.
Evening star., 1954-01-08
Exclusively Yours---,s11 BETTY ,s4.s

Undersecretary OF State and
Mrs. Don Lourie have been
giving signs Of late that their
Washington stay is getting
more and more temporary.
They have just moved out of
the Olin Dows' house in
Georgetown. because their
years lease was up and they
knew they wouldn't be here
long enough to consider a
renewal.
Don left the presidency Of
Quaker Oats in Chicago to
handle administrative prob
lens in the State Depart
ment. He came in as the
efficiency expert to do q house.
cleaning job in the depart
ment in q year or year and q
half at the most. Now he and
Mary think they will be leav-
ing in possibly two or three
months and have leased on a
short-term basis Lolita" and
Mary Lawrences' apartment
at 1902 Eighteenth street. The
latter are temporarily in New
York.
Washington is sorry to
contemplate the Louries' de-
parture. They are among the
Evening star., 1954-01-08

more attractive couples the
Eisenhower administration
brought to Washington.
It so happens that the house
they have occupied in George
town has now been taken by
q brand-new State Depart
ment couple. They are the
Joseph Hickingbotham. jr.'s of
San Francisco, who arrived in
town from the West Coast this
week. Mrs. Hickingbotham is
one Of the Dollar family of the
Dollar Steamship Lines. Her
husband has been sworn in as
special assistant to the Assist
ant Secretary for Economic AZ
fairs Samuel c. Waugh.
HA
Mrs. Tom Connally, wife OF
the former chairman OF
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, is very much in
tereSted in interior decorating
these days. So she went down
to a bookshop the other day
to get some volumes on the
subject. then took them home
to peruSe them. Imagine her
surprise when she discovered
the contents of the one en-
titled. "A House Is Not a
Home!"
Evening star., 1954-01-08
GroyLodies
HuveMeetinq

The Gray Ladies Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, Montgomery
County Chapter had their lunch
con and annual meeting yester-
day at the Kenwood Country
Club. Also present were the Dis
trict of Columbia Gray Ladies
who work at the Naval Hospital
in Bethesda.
Reports were heard from the
four hospitals in Montgomery
County: The Naval Hospital
Walter Reed Annex at Forest
Glen. Suburban Hospital, and
the Clinical Center Of the Ma
tional Institute of Health.
Plans were also made for re-
cruiting new workers in the
spring.
Chairman of this group is Mrs.
Smith Hempstone. Mrs. Lloyd
Thomas is vice chairman and
Mrs. Edward Sasnett is advisory
chairman.
Evening star., 1954-01-08
Reception for
mrs. Leopold

Mrs. Alice Leopold, new head
of the woman's bureau of the
Department Of Labor, was guest
Of honor at a reception yester-
day afternoon at the Sulgrave
Club.
Invitations to the party were
issued by Miss Bertha Adkins,
Assistant Chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee,
but hostess honors actually were
performed by Mrs. Anne Whea-
ton. director of women's pub.
licity for the Republican Ma
tional Committee because Miss
Adkins was home in bed with a
cold and laryngitis.
The 40 or so guests included
women Of the press and presi-
dents of non-partisan women's
organizations. plus a few G. o. P.
women officials like Miss Cath
crime Cleary. assistant to the
Secretary of the Treasury. and
Mrs. Dorothy Mccullough Lee,
former mayor of Portland, Oreg.,
and now a member of the Fed
eral Parole Board.