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the NAACP. The school board
has appointed q Citizens Com
mittee on Integration which last
week submitted its report to the
board. This. he said, would APP
pear to represent the prompt
and reasonable start" toward
indignation required by the Su-
preme Court decision outlawing
segregation.
2. He is doubtful that he
should rule on the NAACP re-
quest until the students have
appealed to the State Board Of
Education on refusal Of st.
Marys County school officials to
admit them to white schools.
While he said he feels his court
has jurisdiction in the case. he
questioned whether it would not
be wiser for the plaintiffs to
appeal first to the State Board
before having the suit decided
in Federal Court.
8. At the same time. he is not
inclined to grant the county
school boards motion for dis
missal Of the NAACP suit. my
disposition is to retain jurisdic-
tion," he said. holding the suit
in allegiance to insure the plain
tiffS prompt action on their case.
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DEMOCRAT GROUP
SENDS FLOWERS
TO EISENHOWER

The President received
flowers and wen wishes to-
day from Alexandria Demo-
Gratis for Eisenhower.
Former Alexandria Demo-
cratic Mayor Marshal j.
Beverley presented the
flowers to Col. Robert l..
Schultz, military aide to the
President. in the east wing
of Walter Reed Hospital.
The card carried a notation
wishing you a speedy re-
covery."
Mr.. Beverley was accom-
panied by Ashby o. Rear
don. head of the Mutual Ice
Co. in Alexandria and Allen
B. Hicklin, Alexandria cam
paign manager for Gov.
Stanley in 1858.
Mr.. Beverley said he felt
sure President Eisenhower
would run and would carry
Virginia again"
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St. Morys School Dispute
Faces Stote Boord Action

BALTIMORE, June 81 (P).-
The question of school integra-
ton in st. Marys County APP
peared likely today to be tossed
into the lap of the State Board
of Education.
At the end Of day-long argu-
Iments yesterday Federal Judge
Roszei G. Thomson took under
study legal problems posed by
the county school board and
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
He made no ruling and said he
| is inclined to retain Jurisdiction
Of the case pending new develop
ments.
! The board asked him to dis
miss a complaint fled against
it by the NAACP. Arguments
were on that motion.
The NAACP. acting on behalf
Of a number of Negro students,
had asked the court to order the
school board to present plan
for integration.
He did make these observa-
tons:
l. On the record as it now
stands he would not be willing
to issue the order requested by
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Hospital Fund Gets
$1,331 From Dance

A check for 1881 has been
added to the Arlington Hospital
building fund from proceeds of
a dance sponsored by the Sorop-
timist and Venture Clubs Of
Arlington.
The dance was held at Airing
ton Towers last February.
Mrs. Anna Van Sickler, Sorop-
timist Club president, presented
the check to John j. Anderson,
hospital administrator.
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LiberuIized View
OfHutch Act Urged

A candidate in the nearby
Virginia Democratic Congress
sional primary has called for
"liberalizing interpretations" Of
the Hatch Act SO that Federal
workers can take part in local
politics.
The candidate in the 10th
district contest. Morten S. Boyer,
of Fairfax, made this request in
a letter to Philip Young, Civil
Service Commission chairman.
I'm my view" Mr.. Boyer said,
Applications of the Hatch Act
to community and county polit-
ical activities goes far beyond
the spirit of the original Hatch
Act to prohibit a Federal en-
ploye from participating in Fed
eral elections with a view to
personal gain"
There are thousands of Fed
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Mass Fish Deaths
Probed by State

BALTIMORE, June 81 R.-
"A State chemist was ordered yes
terday to try to find out what
killed quantity of fish which
washed on the beach at Pine
Ihurst-on-the-Bay in Anne Arun-
del County.
Thomas Finn. a resident at
Pinehurst, said some of the fish
are 10 inches long and among
them are dead cells 2 feet long.
Mr.. Finn said he first noticed
Ia small number of the dead fish
|a week ago. Later, the beach
was covered with much bigger
ones, Mr.. Finn said.
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MARYLAND-vIRGINIA NEWS
Annual School Promotion
Planned for Alexandria

change arises because of q Vir-
GINA law that a child must
reach his sixth birthday by
October or wait until the fol-
lowing year to enter the schools.
The board last night also ex-
itself as desiring to
change this cutoff date to De-
cember 81. recognizing. however.
that an act of the Virginia Leg
islature would be required.
The rezoning adopted is de-
signed to relieve overcrowding
at Patrick Henry School. At
fected by the change are SO pu-
pills from the Lincolnia and Back
Lick Run areas and So from the
north side of Duke street be-
tween Quaker lane and the east
boundary of Dalecrest.
Bus Transportation
All of the pupils affected are
already transported by bus and
next year will be transported by
the same buses to the Macarthur
School. which has space to hold
them.
The move to study its own Or
ganization came after the board
heard a request from c. w. Flor
ence, president of the Strawberry
Hill Citizens Association. that
the area of the city annexed in
1852 be made a third school dis
trict and given representation on
the board.
The board decided to take
the matter under study and
promised a progress report by
January, 1857.
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The Alexandria School Board
last night served notice on the
city's residents that it intends to
place the schools on an annual
promotion basis, with the
changeover to begin in the fall
of 1857.
However. final decision will
mot be made on the change,
which would eliminate classes
starting school in February, I'M
til next January to give parent
teacher associations and toher
interested citizens a chance to
study the matter and express its
opinions.
In other actions, the board:
Rezoned some $50 pupils away
from Patrick Henry School.
Decided to study itself with a
view to possible reorganization
of its representation system.
Alone on Promotions
In recommending the change
over to the annual promotion
system, School Supt. T. c. VIII
llianis noted that Alexandria has
the only remaining school sys-
tenn in the Metropolitan area
that retains the half-year pro-
motion.
! School board members seemed
ready to pass the change last
night, but postponed action
after hearing from Mrs. George
Galland, of 1903 Bishop lane,
who spoke for the PTA Council
in Alexandria, and Mrs. Willard
Van Valkenburgh. of 1878 Pres
ton road, who spoke for Barrett
School parents. This will give
|IPTAs, which don't meet during
the summer a chance to study
the change.
Four Years TO Complete
Under the changeover plans
described by Mr.. Williams, il
would take four years from the
time the change was begun unit
it was completed throughout thu
school system.
Much of the opposition to thu
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A new Franklin Simon store,
one of a chain selling women's
and children's clothes and mems
furnishings and sportswear. will
open this fall in the Seven Cor
ners shopping center now under
construction in nearby Virginia.
Gordon K. Greenfield, presi-
dent of Franklin Simon and Of
City Speciality Stores, Inc. made
the announcement yesterday in
New York. where the chains
parent store is located on Fifth
avenue.
The Seven Corners store, ac-
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Five Soldiers Charged
In Fuirfux Tire Thefts

Five soldiers stationed at a
Nike installation in Fairfax
County we're charged yesterday
in a series Of tire thefts.
County police said the soldiers
from Fairfax Station were re-
sponsible for a series Of break-ins
during the past four months.
Charged were Gerald c. STAN
sci, 10; William H. Brown, %;
Jess Powers. 10; Darrell Sanders.
SO. and Norman w. Baker, 90.
They face a hearing July 6 in
Fairfax Trial Justice Court.
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eral employees" who are fearful
that they would "jeopardize"
their careers if they voted in the
forthcoming primary. he de-
clared.
Mr.. Boyer urged Mr.. Young to
tissue clear and unequivocal
liberalizing interpretation" to
give Federal workers covered by
the Hatch Act the right to take
part in politics on the local level.
If this activity is prohibited
by statute, then Mr.. Young
should recommend appropriate
Hatch Act amendments, the
candidate said.
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Franklin Simon Chain Plans
Seven Corners Center Outlet

cording to the Associated Press,
will be one of four new ones to
be opened this fall and will
bring the chains total to l6.
The firm already has one store
in Washington, at 1850 Con-
necticut avenue NV. The others
are located in Eastern cities
as far west as Cleveland, Ohio.
A spokesman at the WASH
ington store said the one at
Seven Corners will be in the
same shopping area as branches
of Woodward & Lothrop and
julius Garflnckel department
stores now being built.
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Summer Session
Will Beqin Monday

The University Of Maryland's
six-week summer session will
open Monday and run through
August 8.
New graduate students will
register tomorrow, while registra-
ton will be held Monday for
undergraduates and returning
graduate students.
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Box Supper Postponed

The box supper sponsored by
the Mason District Democratic
Committee in Fairfax County
scheduled for tonight at the
home of Michael Straight has
been postponed because of the
weather. 1t will be held next
week,
Kodiak mirror., 1956-10-06

the most urgent need of the area is increased health services; an area high school; new roads, es- pecially in the Bristol Bay area, and improvement of existing roads. Alaskan fishermen, she felt, were in many instances discriminated against.
 The candidate has been resi- dent over nine years, is married, has been active over 16 years in business and law, and she was a member of the 1853 Territorial Legislature. She seeks to promote economic development by practi- cal tax structure and tax incen-
Kodiak mirror., 1956-10-06

the 1855 Legislature and a dele gate to the Constitutional Conven- tion.
 Mrs. E. A. (Helen) Fischer, Democratic National Committee woman, also seeks seat in the House. She is an active Democrat and was Delegate to the Consti- tutional Convention. Victor Fisch- CT is former Executive Secretary of the League of Alaska Cities, and was Delegate to the Constitution al Convention. Dorothy Ayes, a practicing attorney and a former U. s. Commissioner in Cordova. She was delegate to the Consti- tutional Convention Ken c. John son, insurance man from Anchor age, was member of the 1855 Legislature. He is a veteran of World War II and a former stu dent of the University of Alaska.
 Irwin L. Metcalf, former school teacher and deputy U. S. Marshall and acting U. s. Marshal. He oper- ates a merchantile business near Seward and was Delegate to the Constitutional Convention. James E. Moreno, a realtor from Anchor age and member of the Anchor age Planning Commission; Irene E.. Ryan, a longtime resident, was member of the 1855 Territorial Legislature. She is registered en- gineer. Last of the Democratic candidates is Russell K. Young, an Anchorage business man and a member of the 1855 Territorial Legislature.
 Another candidate for the Ter ritorial House is Ben Hitchcock, who is running on an Independent ticket. He has been an Alaskan for 22 years. He is a homesteader, prospector and hunting guide, and a builder of pre-cut cabins. Whereas I can subscribe to some aspects of both parties, I cant agree entirely with either" he has said.
 The Republican party has full slate of candidates for elective of fices. John Butrovich is seeking the U. S. Senate seat for six year term, under the Alaskan Tennes-
Kodiak mirror., 1956-10-06
LECAl NOTICES
NOTICE TERRITORY OF ALASKA NOTICE OF TERRITORIAL
NOTICE

GENERAL ELECTION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE IN CORPORATED CITY OF KODIAK Div- No. Three, Territory of Alaska Notice is hereby given that pur- suant to Chapter 5, Title 38, ACLA I949, as amended, a territorial gen. eral election will be held on TUESDAY, OCTOBER g, 1856 between the hours of 8 o'clock A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M. of said day. The Council of City of Kodiak, having heretofore duly designated the voting precincts and polling places in said City, the electors are hereby notified that the following precincts have been established and of the location of the polling places within said precincts.
 Precinct No. Accurate Description of Precinct: Polling Place: City Hall, City of Kodiak, Alaska. PURPOSE:
 10 Elect Candidates For:
 a. Delegate to Congress
 D. Highway Engineer
 (. Attorney General
 q. Two (2) Divisional Senators e. Ten (10) Divisional Repre- sentatives
 f. One CD U. S. Senator for G. Year Term
 g. One CD U. s. Senator for f. Year Term
 h. One CD U. S. Representative Dated this 9th day of Septem- Der, 1856
 (Signed)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE
 CITY OF KODIAK
 By Nick Frost, City Clerk.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-10-06

see plan. He was born in Fair banks, has been a member of the City Council there, received his grade and high school education in that City. He attended the U. of w. and Washington State College. He has served continuously since 1914 as Senator from the Fourth Division in the Territorial Legis- lature.
 Robert B. Atwood, who seeks a sU. s. Senate seat for a four year term, has been a resident of Alas ka since 1885. He is editor of the Anchorage Daily Times. He has been Chairman of the Alaska Statehood Committee since its ere ation in 1949. He has an A. B. de- gree from Clark University, Wor- chester, Massachusetts. He has been active in civic affairs in An chorage. He is a member of the Advisory Committee on Indian Health of the U. s. Department of Health, Education and Welfare,
 Charlie c. Burdick, who has been a resident of Alaska for 30 years, is seeking seat in the U. S. House of Representatives, under the Alaska Tennessee Plan. He is 62 years of age, retired from the Forest Service and now in engag- ed in private business. He advo- cates Statehood immediately. He is interested in the Territory's nat ural resources, conservation, tax incentive program and encourage ment of new industries in the ter ritory.
 William H. (BilD Sanders, prac- ticing Anchorage attorney, seeks the position of Attorney General for Alaska. He has been resident of Alaska for seven years. He has college degrees in Law and Busi- less Administration. The present Highway Engineer for Alaska, Irv- ing Reed, seeks reelection. He has been resident of Alaska for over fifty six years. He is a graduate of Grade and High school in Nome and the University of California. He is a registered Mining Engi. neer.
 Two candidates seek Territorial Senate seats. Barbara Dimock made real bid for the votes of this area and the AleutIan Chain by making trip on the Mailboat Monitor, stopping at the various villages along the way. On her re- turn, she recapped her impressions in statement in which she said
Kodiak mirror., 1956-10-06

tives, and fayors revision of the ESC Act.
 Lee L. Mckinley is the second candidate for a Senate seat. He has been resident of Alaska for 10 years, and lives on farm near Palmer with his wife and seven children. He practices dentistry in Anchorage. He was member of the 1853 Territorial Legislature. He favors legislation to benefit all Alaskans in fields of public health and welfare.
 Republican candidates for seats in the Territorial House are John
 Continued to Page III
Kodiak mirror., 1956-10-06
GENERAL ELECTION

Continued from page D SeabOrn J. Buckalew, attorney from Anchorage, and a former U. s. Attorney. He was a member of
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Building Worker
Kills Wife, Self

A 40-year-old construction
worker shot his wife to death
with a 80 caliber revolved yes
terday and then killed himself,
Washington police reported.
The man. Lee Winston, colored,
of 1897 Owen place NE. who was
estranged from his wife, Edna,
III, of 827 Euclid street NV,
shot her in the chest and arm
and then shot himself twice in
the chest, police said.
I. According to Detective Sergt.
Bernard Crooke of the homicide
squad. Winston shot his wife
after he went to see his 5-year-
old son at the Euclid street adj
dress. His wife was out when he
arrived. but came in shortly
afterward.
Sergt. Crooke said Mrs. Wins
tons mother, Mrs. Myrtle o.
Olive, Sc, who was ironing in the
kitchen, told him she heard her
daughter cry out that Lee had a
gun. The couple had been talk
ing in the living room. When
Mrs. Olive reached the room both
had been shot. They were pro-
nounced dead on the scene.
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Mrs. D. A. Spencer.
fought Piano and
Played at Church

Mrs. Damon A. Spencer, SO
who played the piano for Sunday
school at Petworth Methodist
Church for many years, died
Tuesday at Sibley Hospital.
Mrs. Spencer. formerly Miss
Iva Coe, studied music at Olivet
Mich College. She taught
piano here from 1920 to 1890
and played for Sunday school
meetings at the Petworth church
for % years.
Born in'Nashville. Mich, Mrs
Spencer has lived in the Wash
ington area for IS years. Active
in the Women's Society of Chris
tan Service, Mrs. Spencer was
also a member of the Potomac
Rose Society. She lives at 26l6
Brewster avenue, Silver Spring
Md.
Survivors are her husband;
two daughters. Mrs. Virginia
Hitler of 28l7 Ivydale street,
Silver Spring, and Mrs. Mildred
Foley, a missionary in Brazil, and
four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2
pm. tomorrow at S. H. Hines
Funeral Home. 290l Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Cedar Hills Cemetery.
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.Nieht-Duy Hiccups
Stop After 8 Years

Los ANGELES. June IA CR).-
After eight wracking years, JACK
OLeary's once-a-second, night.
and-day hiccups have stopped.
The 30-year-old former assist.
ant market manager called it "a
miracle-the doctors claim 1t is
due to prayers and faith.
The prayers. he said, included
his own. his family's and those
of many Of the $4,000 persons
who wrote him during his Attic
ton. Jack, a Roman Catholic
said blessings included one from
Pope Plus XII, and a religious
relic-a tiny piece Of bone from
the remains Of Pope Plus x
brought by an Army chaplain.
The hiccups. which shriveled
him from 1888 pounds to p,
started tapering of two weeks
'ago.
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Gifts to Boil Fund
Ruled Tax Free
By the Associated Press

The United States tax court
has ruled out an attempt by the
Internal Revenue Service to COL
lect income taxes on contribu-
tons received by the Bail Fund
Iof the Civil Rights Congress OF
New York in the years 1947
through 1850.
At the same time, the court
held that the fund could not de-
duct from its investment income,
which is taxable. the loss" OF
the entire S23,50O bail bond
which it had put up for Com
muniSt Gerhart Eisler. The
money was forfeited when EiSler
fled the country in May of l949,
Eisler. who was the boss of
American communism for many
years. went to East Germany
while under bond on appeal from
convictions for passport fraud
and contempt of Congress.
The Internal Revenue Service
made claims against the fund
for $5.3l1 in additional tax and
penalties for the years 1947-50.
The court said Internal Reve-
nue. could properly collect Is per
cent additions to tax for late
filing of returns in the years
l947-48-49.
The tax court held, however,
that contributions were tax-free
gifts to the fund.
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DR.. W. H. Parker,
Sports Figure

RICHMOND. June IA CR.-
DR.. William H. Parker, 80, for
mer Virginia commissioner OF
the Amateur Athletic Union and
a longtime sports figure here,
died yesterday.
An obsterician, DR.. Parker had
been in i'll health several years,
He became AAU commissioner
IN 1923 and In 1851 was named
to a lifetime membership in the
organization. In 1881 he was
president of the Richmond base
ball team in the Eastern League
The baseball park in which
Richmond's International League
team plays its home games is
named for him.
He is survived by his wife ano
three daughters.
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.Molotov Fuctory
Renamed by Reds

MOSCOW, June IA (P.-The
Soviet government has changed
the name of the Molotov Auto
mobile Factory to the "Gorky
Auto Works" 1t will produce a
car called the Volga.
The factory. at the town of
Gorky on the Volga River, has
been turning out the Zirn car,
The second most expensive So
Wet automobile. its name comes
nom the Russian words meaning
factory named for Molotov.
V. M. Molotov resigned June 1
as the Soviet foreign minister
although he remains first
deputy premier.
The most expensive Soviet car
is the ziS. initials of the Russian
words for factory named for
Stain" That factory already
has been renamed the Moscow
Auto Works, but as yet the cars
name hasn't been changed.
Soviet Communist party boss
Nikita S. Khrushchev, in his
February speech denouncing Sta
lin. severely criticized the NAM
ing of factories. farms, towns and
the like for living persons. He
indicated the Communist world
was in for rash of name
changing.
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David P. Finding,
Associate Counsel
OF Labor Bourd

David P. Finding, Al, aSsoci-
ate general counsel of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board
died today at George Washing.
ton Hospital. He lived at 4O4
Mansfield road, Silver Spring
Md.
Mr.. Finding had been associ-
ate general counsel since the
Taft-Hartley Act went into eff
feet in 1947. He had guided
legal tests of the act.
One of the cases which was
upheld by the Supreme Court
and of which he directed the
preparation and presentation,
was the test of the constitution
atty of the nom Communist af-
fadavit provision of the Taft
Hartley Act.
Mr.. Finding was born in New
York, and got his law degree in
1881 from Columbia University,
He was an attorney in New York
before he came to Washington
in 1899 as an attorney with the
NLRB. Beginning in 1945, he
was assistant director of the field
legal division of NLRB. Since
becoming associate general coun-
sci, he had served under three
general counsels for the board.
Mr.. Findings survivors In
clude his widow, Natalie, and
three children, Susan, Arthur and
Robert.
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DR.. james (. Pate.
Plunner, Educator

WILLIAMSBURG. Va, june
IA R.-Dr. James E. Pate, a cit,
planner and William and Mar,
faculty member. died yesterday
He was 81.
DR.. Pate, a native of Louisi-
ana, had acted as chairman OF
the Williamsburg city planninp
commission since 1916. He was
a member Of the Colonial Vir-
ginia Regional Planning Com.
mission in 1949 and in 1850 acted
as a research adviser to the lower
Peninsula Planning Commission
He had been a member of the
William and Mary faculty since
1877 and was a political science
professor since 1890.
Survivors include his widow
Mrs. Minnie L. Davis Pate, his
mother, a daughter, two broth.
erS. and two sisters.
Funeral services were to be
held this afternoon.
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with the regiment in the Battle
of the Marine and the second
battle Of the Aisne and remained
with the Canadian forces dur
ing the war. Afterward he went
10 accounting school and worked
for Sargent 81 Co., a hardware
manufacturing company in New
Haven.
Mr.. Duff was a member of the
Masons, the Shrine. the Knight
ITemplars and the National AS
ISOLATION of Architectural Hard
ware Consultants.
Survivors are his widow, Mary
j.. and three brothers. j. Dryer
and Dewitt Duff, both of New
Haven. and Duncan Duff, Oak
land. Calf.
Services will be held at 2 pm,
tomorrow at Fort Myer Chapel
Burial win be in Arlington
Cemetery.