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Evening star., 1954-12-21
|HyaiisyiIIe Council
Names New Member

George M. tMitt) Jones.
f1yattsviile bondsman. is d new
member OF st1lht community's
city council.
He was named last night 10
NIL q vacancy caused by the ele-
yation Of Councilman Thomas
y. Arnold to Mayor. Mr.. Arnold.
in turn, replaced Jesse 8. Bag
Rett when the latter resigned TO
bscome . Prince Georges County
commissioner.
Mr.. Jones, who has been active
iii Democratic Party affairs. the
Rfince Georges County Elks
Lodge and the Hyattsyille Vol
unteer Fire Department. will
serve the unexpired portion Of
Mr.. Arnold's term as flrst ward
councilman which ends May 2.
In other business last night.
the council approved q fun hole
day for city employees on Christ
mas eve. and q hall -day on New
Years eve.
Evening star., 1954-12-21
Washington Grove, Last Stop Dec. 81

Garrett Parks railroad Gothic
station stfll stands. although It
was abandoned about the same
time. An automatic time switch
turns on the platform lIehts
mornings and evenings at this
station, lighting the way Tor i
handful Of passengers.
The 3. q b. still runs fivc local
trains q day on the line three
east III the morning and two west
at night although passenger,
trafIlc has fallen far below the
break-even point.
More than 20 local trains Z
day steamed over these tracks III
the divisions heyday.
May Serve Others.
The railroads present loyal
washington Grove patrons viii
Be able to buy communication
books at either Union station
Or Gaithersburg when their sta-
tiOn closes The building itsclf.
built iii lara and renaodeled II
1900, may be turned over 70 :
group like the hoy Scouts Or
rented 70 business interests, Mr..
Snyder said
Evening star., 1954-12-21

burg station, about il4-mile
farther west.
Mr.. Reinhart, who has spent
II Of hts 80 years as B. q O.
agent here. said he viii throw
the last scoops Of coal IN the
stations two pot-bellied stoves
and can IL & day on New Years
eve. It win be 3 sad day. Id 3
way, he said. He's been tending
the station from Gas am. to
noon and 3 pm. to AS pm.
I'VE days q week, for nearly half
3 century.
on % Another Lob.
Nh. Reinhart isn't worried
about his job. He has seniority
with which. ne said. he can land
3 Job sc another station.
Anyhow, what's the use Of
WorTying2' he asked. This
change has been coming along
for : good many years Even
the 0t-bellied stoves arenst As
pot -beIlied as they used ID be.
We've got modern. straight
bellied stoves III here nov.
The station. going out with
the old year. Is being closed as
more suburban hoi1seholders
move Ii 10 this one-tinne Meth
Evening star., 1954-12-21
Tract Of 900 Acres
Near AnnandaIe
Sells ior SIS Million

"A tract of more than 900 acres
In the Annandale area That wss
part of more than 1000 acres
assembled by the late Senator
Joseph II BristoW Of Kansas Is
being sold to Mace Properties.
Inc. It was learned today.
The price was $l.8 million.
Settlement by the purchaser was
scheduled for this afternoon.
NJ. A. Mace, president Of the
development firm which has con-
tracted to buy the property said
he plans to build community
Of about 2 200 houses On the
tract, beginning next summer.
The property Is being sold by
John G. Webb and John G. Wood
of the law Arm of Webb. Wood
q Bauknight. Messrs. Webb and
Wood are trustees for 8 syndi-
cate ownership consisting Of lo-
cal and out-of- -town investors.
members Of which were not iden-
titled.
High School Adjoins.
The tract Is commonly re-
ferred To as the north portion
of the Hristow estate. It il
bounded on the north by Little
River turnpike, on the south
by Braddock road, on the east
by Ravensworth road. and on
the west by q mile frontage
on the Accotink Run. The new
Annandale High School adjoins
the site.
The late Senator BristoW be-
gan to assemble the 1000 acres,
which included much Of the
Springfield area iii Virginia that
has been developed In the last
several years. back In 1914.
He added to his holdings lln-
Gil 1889. Before his death about
10 years ago. he sold on some
Of the property. Subsequently,
the rest Of 1t Was disposed Of
by his estate.
1880 House ON Tract.
On the tract being bought BY
Mace Properties, Inc, IS . house
known as Ossian Hall, che main
part Of which was built In 1850
kby William Fitzhugh, who &C.
uuired q large tract iii the area
fro mLord Culpeper. then Gov
ernor Of Virginia.
The Mace firm was estab-
lished IT years ago. In the pc
riod since then. It has built
l'abolt $500 houses and 1000
apartment units.
Evening star., 1954-12-21
School Board Lifts
Administrative Pay
s35, 900 in Arlington

In6 ATlAu&Nuu GcnCOl 0oarQ
has appropriated $35, 900 to
bring the pay Of school admin
istratiOn employees Ia line with
the salaries 81 other county
workers doing similar jobs.
Supt Edward Rutter, who
recommended the appropriation.
said teachers viii not be af-
fected.
The new plan. effective jan
Iuary 4. Nili bring pay raises FOR
about 100 custodians, and also
school nurses. secretaries, clert-
Ical employees. bus drivers and
maintenance men. Funds for
the program win be obtained
from the school boards con-
tingency fund.
Mr.. Rutter said the new pay
scale Is q result Of d joint Coun-
ty Board School Board study Of
salary scales and personnel poll
icies. The recommendation are
the result Of b study BY the man.
agement conSuItant firm Of Booz.
Allen ~ Hamilton of Wash
ingtOfl.
IN other business at q meeting
last night the board decided to
change on January / its method
Of reimbursing employees for
travel expenses. Assistant Supt.
e. ,. Braun reported that State
Attorney General j. Lindsay
Almond has held that the present
method Of paying workers q pre-
viously set amount each month
to cover travel expenses was In
validated by the 1854 General
Assembly. After January 1,
shout 100 School Board employees
who are paid for travel Will Be
compensated ct the rate Of q
cents per mile and for actual
expenses incurred for meals and
lodging.
The board agreed to allow the
County Recreation Department
to continue using the former
Brandon School. on Shirley high-
way near South Glehe road. at
least until January is.
In the meantime negotiations
| win continue with the county on
d rent payment To the school
board for possible use Of the
building BY the school board for
| storage and offices. Mrs. Eliza
beth Campbell. school board
chairman, said the school ad-
Evening star., 1954-12-21
ey Ben Franklin

The quiet old Baltimore q
Ohio station at washington
Grove. Md, scene Of activity
since 1877, Is headed Tor the
shades Of memory and of history
along with Old Dobbin and the
livery stable.
Trains, of course. win continue
to run up and down the b. n O.ss
Metropolitan Branch between
washington and Brunswick, Nd.
Commuters may still catch the
train for the Capital At Wasll-
ington Grove in the morning and
alight from It there IN the eve
ming.
But posters on the station
walls say the passenger and
freight Offices win be closed with
the end Of the business day on
December 81 The first Offices
were opened iii the 1905. when
the rails were laid and 4 station
built.
waiting Room stays Opcn.
The waiting room win remain
open for d while 1t least but
1t VIII not haye the advantage of
the attention of Station Master
walter I. Reinhart 70 zee that
flsn cknsf1n n{sn s,lnuifSfuo ulaT7f1fln
Evening star., 1954-12-21
Contest Arrunoed
On Home Decoration

The annual Christmas home
decorating contest sponsored ~
the Sligo Branview Citizens, A.
sociation of silver Spring. Md,
win Be conducted during the
week starting Sunday.
Homes ii that area win be
Judged for the best religious
display, the best door decora-
ton. best pictorial presentation
and hest color bulb display 4
grand prize and first. second
and third place prizes ii each
catesory VIII be awarded.
Evening star., 1954-12-21
Virginia Area
Study oi Tax
Rates Sought
SO, 900 Survey
10 Cover Revenue
From, Stute Outloys

On t4A4AAHN 80 ~ NV IN N II
al $4,000 study 81 c0mpara- /
tive tax rates and expenditures
Is proposed for five nearby vir-
rinia counties and cities.
T'he Northern Virginia Region
i'll Planning and Economic Devel-
opment Commission called for
the survey last night In adopting
. Recommendation Of its Fiscal
Survey Advisory Committee.
Object OF the proposed study
would be To compare tax rates.
types Of taxes. Indebtedness and
expenditures Of Arlington, Lou
dcun and Fairfax Counties and
the cities Of AlexandriA snd
Falls Church. Information about
the amount Of revenue these
jurisdictions receive from State
sources as compared with other
sections Of the state also would
be compiled.
Would Hire Expert.
Laszlo Ecker-Racz chairman
\ or the Fiscal Advisory Commit
tee. explained that the $4,000
sought would be used to employ
the services of D financial expert
for about six months % assemble
the Information, and pay for
publication Of his findings. He
suggested that the financial ex-,
pert might come from Governs
ment bureaus In one Of the
States universities.
Before we look for new
sources Of revenue we want 10
make sure we are using the ones
we have effectively said Mr..
Ecker -Racz.
He explained that results Of
the study might well be used To,
help support any legislation that
might be proposed bearing on
the distribution Of State funds.
He said IL also would show the
various communities In Northern
Virginia how they stack up
against each other financially.
Embarrassment Seem.
Herman rink. member Of the
planning commission and vice
mayor of Falls Church. siig-
gested that results Of the survey
might be embarrassing to some
of the communities,
.'This information does not
necessarily need TO be made
public, !, he said. "We're gath
ering facts for the benefit Of the
planning commission
| He elaborated later to say
that the commission would have
'Et0 be VERY careful about re-
leasing results of the study
Eyes, when 1t is released We
would have to make sure tho
people have the complete story"
said Alvin Kimel. member Of the
Arlington County Board and Of
the county's planning comrnis-
sion.
Appropriation sought.
Mr.. Ecker Rack said the OBJ
lject Of the study would not b.
to prove which community is
doing the best Job. but to show
what the various Jurisdictions
are doing to meet their financial
problems.
The proposal now goes back TO
the i've governing bodies who
will be asked to appropriate the
following amounts for the study:
Arlington. $500; Fairfax. $3,-
481: Alexandria, 1885: Falls
Church. 1924. and Loudoun. $540.
G q. Robinson. executive di-
rector Of the Regional Planning
Commission, said Loudoun Coun-
| ty had already Indicated 1t was
ldisinteresteds but the commits
sion decided to present the plan
to the Loudoun Board Of Super-
visors anyway.
Il r
Evening star., 1954-12-21
Drew vFW Post to Meet

Charles Il. Drew Post No. 7456.
veterans Of Foreign Wars, viii
meet at $50 pm. tomorrow at
| the Municipal Building. nh Six
Etieth place. Fairrnount Hills ND.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Italians Digging Out
Of Record Snow
BY the Asseeioted Press

LONDON. Jan. 7. - Europe
shivered some more from win
ter ice and snow today. North
ern Italians, the continents
hardest hit/ struggled to dig out
from under snow before new
storms struck.
Dozens of small villages in the
italian Alps and Apprentices were
isolated after the worst snow
storm in Is years.
Huge drifts closed many miles
OF highways. A textile mill COL
lapsed last night under tons of
snow near Pordenone, but IT'S $50
employees had left for the day.
In industrial Turin only ma
jor highways were cleared in the
wake of 40 hours of snow.
Italy's flood damage in the Po
River delta could not be esti-
mated. Great areas of rich
farmlands were wrecked, and
fishermen suffered large losses.
Six small villages were inun-
dated. Every one in serious
danger had been evacuated.
Water driven in from the
Adriatic Sea was subsiding to-
day, and there were no reports
of casualties. Three gaps in
dikes through which the water
surged were almost closed with
sand bags.
Most of Britain faced at least
another day of snow, rain, ice
and freezing winds. But Lon
don itself awoke to a friendly
sun,
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Red Paper Quotes Weir
As Urging Soviet Talks
BY the Assoeioted Press

LONDON. Jan. THE Soviet
Communist newspaper Pravda
yesterday quoted approvingly an
article by Ernest T. Weir, Amer
ican steel magnate. entitled:
"Why Not Negotiate With Rus
sia?"
The article by Mr.. Weir,
founder of the National Steel
Corp, appeared in the Decem-
! ber issue of Harper's Magazine
Saying the United States Euro
pean allies are desirous Of talks
with the Russians, Mr.. Weir OBJ
served:
I'm my opinion. our only con-
structive course is to accede to
this desire of Europe. We simply
cannot go it alone"
The Moscow radio quoted an
article in Pravda by v. Korionov.
Pravda said:
I'm Weir's article, he notes the
growing indignation in Europe
with the policy Of those influ-
ential circles in the u. S. A,
which as Weir writes - would
like to launch AN endless cru
sade to uproot communism
Mr.. Weir has been quoted by
the Soviets before. In January.
1851, he said the United States
should recognize Red China to
avert total war.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
News OF Music
StokowsH Orchestra Seating
Brings Magnificent Results

expected. each was in its way
entirely conservative in style.
The first and best was a set
Of variations by Boris Blacher
on the familiar theme of
Paganini, used also for varia-
tions by Brahms, Rachmaninoff
and Liszt. Stokowski says that
in his opinion this piece has the
stature of the Haydn variations
of Brahms, and it certainly
shows great variety Of the most
brilliant orchestral devices,
bound up by formal unity not
always achieved even by the best
composers.
"For the Fallen" of Bernard
Hermann, a conductor of the
CHS Orchestra, is a simple ele-
giac Berceuse. complete with
rocking strings and woodwind
solo.
Audience DemOnstrative.
The 'Karelian Rhapsody" Of
the Finnish composer. Unno
Klami. while it had many in
tereSting orchestral effects,
seemed little more than an as
sembly of all the most Obvious
and least commendable cliches
Of early Sihelius-the big tune in
the heavy brass, the exaggerated
crescendo and the coarse gallop
finale.
There was q large audience
which ended the evening with a
demonstration of it's great de-
light. That the hall was not full
may well have been due to the
uncertainty yesterday afternoon
public uncertainty, that is
whether the concert would be
given.
The complete accuracy of at
least one statement of Stokowski
was clear to every one. Howard
Mitchell has brought together a
large group of the very best
musicians.
Evening star., 1954-01-07

EMERSON E. ORME, INC.
18th & M Sts., NV, Washington DC.
STANLEY H. HORNER, INC.
1929 14th Street, NV, Washington, DC.
TEMPLE MOTOR COMPANY
1924 Diagonal Road, Alexandra, Va. License "a
STEWART BUICK, INC.
1119 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Va. License 800
Evening star., 1954-01-07
UIrich Named 10 Head
Music at MARYLAND u.

Homer Ulrich. former profess
sor in the music department at
the University of Texas, has been
named professor and head Of the
music department at the Univer-
sity of Maryland.
A Chicago native, Mr.. Ulrich
was educated at the Chicago Mu-
sical College and received a mas
ter's degree from the University
of Chicago. He has taught at
Monticello College. Godfrey, Ill,
and was with the Chicago SYM
phony Orchestra for more than
six years as bassoonist and cell
ist. Mr.. Ulrich has written sew
eral music books and periodicals.
Harlan Randall. former acting
head of the music department,
will continue as a professor.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
FotoI Wrecks Occur !
Twice in Same Spot
BY the Assoei1.ed Press

ELLINGTON. N. c. Julian
Hart. 20. was convicted In SUI
perior Court and sentenced to 3
to 5 years in the death Of John
Wilson Lockamy. IS. The latter
was killed March 26. 1853. when
Hart's car struck his tractor. The
wreck occurred on the Benson
Angler road.
At the same spot q year earlier
to the day. Hart was one Of the
drivers in q wreck which killed
three persons. He was not in
dicted in connection with this
wreck.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
IS Killed, One Injured
In British Air Crash
BY shs Assoeio,sd Press

ALDBURY. England, Jan. r.
A Royal Air Force team from
Thorney Island battled on the
rugby field yesterday afternoon
at Reading and lost, 26-6.
Then the eleven climbed into
q two-engine Valetta transport
plant and headed south through
q blizzard for home. Thirty
miles north of London. the air.
craft smacked into snow-swept
Toms Hill.
Only two Of the 16 Raj pas
sengers and cfewmen were pulled
out alive. One died soon after
he was brought to hospital.
The last survivor, football
player, was reported in critical
condition.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Mummy in Closet
Thwurts Robbery
BY tho Assoeioted Press

TEANECK. N. J.-Firemen got
quite a start when they opened
a closet in blazing home and
came face to face with a mummy
said to be 5000 years old.
They reported to police, a pet
rified human of unknown origin. -
Police knew all about the
mummy, which belonged to a re-
tired Bergen County game
warden, William Small. He col
lects them as a hobby.
This particular mummy
thwarted a robbery at Mr.
Small's home five years ago. The
thieves were scared off before
they took anything. police said.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Burmu Dedicutes
$l,12O,O0O Oil Plant
BY tha Assoeiafed Prass

CHAUK, Burma, Jan. T.
Burma has marked another
milestone in her road to postwar
recovery. A new $1,120.000 oil
refinery. dedicated here yester-
day by Premier U Nu, will enable
her to fill more than half her
petroleum needs.
The big plant of the British
managed Burmah Oil Co. here
in the Central Burma oil fields,
800 miles north of Rangoon, is
the first built in the country
since World War II. Another
refinery already is operating at
Syrian. 4 miles south Of Ran
COON. The new plant employs
1000 workers and has q daily
output Of $500 barrels. which is
to be increased to $500 barrels.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Robber Orders Dishes
Washed Misses Funds
BY the Associated Press

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-A robbel
made Ruth and Robert Amber
teen-age children of a food
market owner, help him search
without success for money hidden
in the Amber home.
He noticed before leaving that
the dinner dishes were unwashed
and ordered Ruth and Robert to
get to work on them. They did,
it being their regular chore, any
way.
When their parents came home
everything was spick and span,
the robber was gone and the
$1,000 weekend market receipts
were still where the father had
hidden them.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
BUICK
the beautiful buy

CAITHNESS BUICK, INC.
478 Hampden Lane, Bethesda, Md.
PAGE-HUGHES BUICK, INCORPORATED
62 Arlington Blvd e SOY, Falls Church, Va License 535
EVANSVILLE AUTO & SUPPLY COMPANY, INC.
1923 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsvile, Md.
WILLIS BUICK, INC
S526 Georgia Ave-, Silver Spring. Md.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Jack Benny's Daughter
Will Wed Broker
By the Assoeiofed Press

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Jan.
Jack Benny's daughter Joan
will be married in mid-March to
Seth Baker, 26-year-old New
York stock broker, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The 19-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. Benny and his wife, Mary
Livingstone, is a Junior at Stan
ford University. Mr.. Baker is
the son of Harry Baker, indus
trialist.
The couple will live in New
York after a honeymoon in Ha-
wall.
Evening star., 1954-01-07

'4IOH NSW "OEiut, OtOIdk.
Older people wistful for the
reincarnation of the great musi-
cal Snowman Of Philadelphia,
and a younger generation who
has heard of, but never expert
enced, the excitement of a Sto-
kowski production of the '20s
and '30s had their moment last
night.
An account of the events occa-
stoned by Stokowski's ultimatum
that he would not conduct the
National Symphony in a be-
draped Constitution Hall can
be found elsewhere in today's
STAR, I mention only his final
plea to unite all Washington in a
high crusade: Il may not be
here again, but / leave in your
hands the task of continuing the
work have begun"
Dramatic Address.
This quiet peroration was as
pathetic and dramatic as any
thing one is likely to hear. The
advocate ennobled the cause. The
destruction of the curtain be-
came as important as the pres
ervation of the 48 States.
Stokowski was criticized by
many yesterday as a publicity
seeker. Why should he refuse
to conduct in a hall accepted
by every other first-rate con-
ductor who comes to Washing
ton? No one can gainsay the
truth of this reflection, yet even
If his grievances against the
curtain were entirely unjustified
and even those who do not
like Stokowski as a musician do
not deny that he is a great
master of the. creation of Or
chestral sound-was 1t therefore
necessary to deny a guest a re-
quest so harmless?
When the conductor turned
from the audience to the or
chestra he faced an aggregation
Of musicians arranged in an en-
tirely novel formation, With
perhaps a smile at the contro-
versy Of two or three years ago
as to whether the violins should
be divided left and right or
massed on the left. Stokowski
had put all the strings, from
contra-bassi to violins. on the
left. with the big bullfiddles
and most Of the 'celli on a raised
platform.
On the right were the brass
and woodwinds. with the low
winds, the English horn, oboes,
baSSoons and a-bassoon, in
front. This arrangement had
nothing whatever to do with
the curtain unpleasantness. It
was used Tuesday in Baltimore,
and is scheduled for today's
concert at Lisner Hall and
tomorrow's at the Ritchie Coli
scum.
The sound of the orchestra
could best be judged by the per-
formance Of the Dvorak SYM
phony, not only because it was
the one familiar work on the
program. but also because it is
model Of rich. ll-throated
orchestration, with an almost
systematic use of every solo and
ensemble.
Result Of Arrangement.
The orchestra was magnificent.
Never has it sounded better.
Whether or not the novel sound
Of the wood-winds in their un-
usual position would become
cloying as steady thing for all
types Of music is not certain in
my mind: what is certain is that
the low strings are much better
in the Stokowski arrangement.
The guilty precision of the sharp
attacks and the clarity of the
loud pizZicato passages are
examples of an improvement we
should not henceforth do without.
Another surprise of the eve
ming were the four unfamiliar
pieces with which the program
opened. Far from being ultra
advanced music. examples of the
quarter-tone or other cult. as
one present at Stokowski's last
Washington concert might have