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School Issue Major Factor in Loudoun's Primary Campaign By Alex R. Preston Star Staff Correspondent LEESBURG, Va„ July 27.—All but one of the contests in Loudoun County’s Democratic primary are! Involved in a school dispute. The score to be settled on Aug ust 7 is whether voters approve action taken to borrow money from the State to build a consoli dated high school just outside of town. Central figure in the controversy Is E. O. Russell, who has held the office of clerk of the court since 1929. Mr. Russell became involved when Circuit Judge J. R. H. Alex ander appointed him tie-breaker In 1948. In Virginia, a tie-breaker is ap pointed when the local board of supervisors has an even number of members. He votes only when the supervisors are deadlocked by a tie vote. Loudoun County has six supervisors. opposed By Martz. Mr. Russell has the backing of the faction headed by Howard C. Rogers, which favors a consoli dated school. Mr. Rogers is the 8th Congressional District member of the State Highway Commission and former member of the House of Delegates. Opposing Mr. Russell for renom lnation is Joseph H. Martz of Round Hill, who left his job in the county treasurer’s office to make the race. Mr. Martz is backed by an older, more conservative ele ment within the party, whose lead er is H. C. Thompson, a member of the Board of Supervisors from Round Hill. Mr. Thompson, who is opposed for renomination from Jefferson district, has been defeated twice for the House of Delegates by Mr. Rogers, and he lost the State Sen ate nomination eight years ago to Robert Y. Button of Culpeper. Opposing Mr. Thompson now is Mrs. Lucille L. Presgraves of Webbs Corner, who is making an active drive. The only contested office not in volved in the school question is that of sheriff. Three candidates seek the office vacated recently by Sheriff S. P. Alexander, who took a job in Africa and whose place was filled by Carroll Hutchinson. Mr. Hutchinson does not seek election to the post, however. School Sought Since 1947. A consolidated high school has been sought by the School Board since 1947. This is how more recent developments projected the 1 issue into the present primary races: adoui a year ago, tne super visors turned down a School Board request for a State literary fund loan of $600,000 to supplement about $300,000 expected as a State grant to erect a central high school. There was a wide difference of opinion among residents as to whether the high school depart ments in four existing schools should be abolished so those schools could be devoted entirely to elementary classes, as proposed by School Supt. O. L. Emerick. In general, the older, more con servative element favor the pres ent setup, while younger citizens who have small children in schools think more lower grade classroom space is needed. Mr. Emerick says the new high school, a half-mile outside of Leesburg on Dry Mill road, is the best location because town water and sewer facilities are available and because the site is / near the center of the county. I High school departments would be abolished in schools at Aldie, Leesburgh, Lovettsville and Lin coln. Petition Signed. In Leesburg Magisterial Dis trict, a petition bearing the names of nearly 800 residents was pre sented to Mr. McKimmey, urging him to change his position and vote for a consolidated school.) Mr. Russell, the court clerk, who lives in the district, added his: name to the petition. Mr. Russell then cast the tie breaking vote in favor of the new school and approving an applica tion for the loan. Haiti Ends State of War PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, July 27 (/P).—Haiti formally ended a state of war with Germany yes terday. - T The Weather Here and Over the Nation District of Columbia—Sunny and warm; high near 95 degrees this afternoon. Pair tonight, with low 74 degrees. Tomorrow, fair and continued warm. Maryland—Fair, low 68-72 to night. Tomorrow, partly cloudy and warm, but cooler on coast. Virginia—Fair, lowest 65-72 de grees tonight. Tomorrow, partly cloudy and warm. Wind: East, 6 miles per hour at 11:30 a m. ...... --- Five-Day Forecast for-Washington and Vicinity for July 28-August 1 A few scattered thunder show ers Sunday and Monday totaling around V* inch. Not much change in temperature with average 2-3 ; degrees above normal. Washing : ton area normals are high, 86 de grees and low, 68 degrees. River Report. (From U. S. Engineers > Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry and at Great Falls; Shenandoan clear at Harpers Ferry. Humidity. (Readings at the Washington Airport 1 ' Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet Noon _ HO Midnight 87 4 p.m. .54 8 a m. 81 8 P.m. .. 63 1 p.m _41 Record Temperatures This Year. Highest. 86. on June 2. Lowest. 11. on February 8. High and Low of Last 24 Hours. High. 80. at 5:30 p m. Low. 71. at 7:10 a m. Tide Tables. (Furnished by U. S. Coast and Geodeth Survey.) Today. Tomorrow High _ 3:11a.m. 4:36 am Low _ 10:42 a.m 11:37 a.m High _ 4:02 p.m. 5:02 p.m Low __ . 10:45 p.m. 11:40 p.m The Sub and Moon. Rises. Sets. Sun. today 6:04 8:l4 Sun. tomorrow 6:05 8:24 Moon, today 12:36 a.m. 3:48 p.m Automobile liRhts must be turned or ■ne-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in Ih .anital (current month to date): Month. I95J. Average Record January _ 2.78 3.55 7.83 3 February _ I tJA 3.37 6.84 K March _ 2.32 3.75 8.84 '8 April _ 3.48 3.27 9.18 8! May _ 2.74 3 7n 10.69 Ml Tune __ 6 34 4.13 10.84 '(ll July _ 2.35 4 71 10 63 'S' August _ 4.01 14 41 '21 September _ — 3 24 17.45 '3 October _ 2.84 8.81 November _ 2 37 8.69 '8: December _ 3.32 ,.56 0 40 Chincoteague Ponies Bring $75 to $200 Each By the Associated Press CHINCOTEAGUE, Va„ July 27 Forty ponies brought prices, rang ing from $75 to $200 in the auctioi sale yesterday in one of the event* climaxing Ahe Cincoteague Volun teer Firenf-^i Carnival. With the exception of a small shower area in Pennsylvania, there will be no precipitation today in the Middle Atlantic States, New England or the Great Lakes region. Skies wiU be fair in most of the Pacific States and the Northern border States. The remainder of the country will have scattered showers and thundershowers. Central and Northwestern parts of the countoy will have continued warm weather but tfiere wiU be a coling trend in New England! Little temperature •hange is eir-pted elsewhere. I:„*. —AP Wirephoto. Infant Girl Wearing New Dress Found on Alexandria Doorstep tm at x Alexandria Hospital Nurse Dorothy Ingram holds the baby gir1 found early today on a doorstep. —Star Staff Photo. A baby girl, about 1 week old, wearing a new white dress and tucked ai a wicker clothesbasket was found early today on an Alex andria doorstep. The healthy infant was taken to Alexandria Hospital where she was promptly named “Baby X.” She weighed six pounds. Alexandria Police Inspector Richard Hawes said the baby was discovered on the doorstep of Mr. and Mij. Donald Swanson, 115 East Monroe avenue, at 3:10 a.m. when a neighbor, Fred Leake, heard her crying. Mrs. Swanson said today that she and her husband and four children were awakened by a policeman knocking at their front door. Inspector Hawes said there were four bottles of formulae and a pink blanket in the basket. Wel fare authorities will take care of the infant, he said. Soviet Officers'High Death Rate Leads to Suspicion of Purge By the Associated Press Since the beginning of 1951 So viet newspapers have announced the deaths of 15 high-ranking Russian Army and Navy officers, most of them in their 50s. In ad dition, the deaths of three ether high-ranking Communist officials have been repotred. Adding this to 28 men high in the Soviet military echelon who died in 1950, only four of whom were over the age of 60. the west gets the impression that the death rate for these people is high. This suggests that a quiet and contin uing purge is going on. Whether this is a fact, none can say for sure. The Russians report only the news of these occasional deaths. Here is the full list of them from 1951 to date: January 3 — Maj. Gen. Nikolai Kechedzhi, military specialist with the Soviet navy, age not given. Jan. 11—Deputy Minister of Ag riculture Nikolai Naumov, 50. January 14—Zinaida Gurina, 50. Communist Party secretary in the Stalin district of Moscow. January 31—Maj. Gen. Ilya Ga ponenko, 50, once chief of the po litical section of a Soviet army group. February 14—Alexander Y. To puridze, 48, Communist Party Cen tral Committee secretary in Geor gia. February 28 —Rear Admiral Maxim Skirganov, 58, active in 191? Bolshevik uprising in Esto nia. March 4—Maj. Gen. Eugene Ya kolev, 66, top army specialist on fortifications. March 16—Col. Gen. V. A. Yush kevich, high-ranking army officer, age not given. April 4—Rear Admiral M. F. Romanov, fleet commander. Age not given. April 8—Vice Admiral Mikhail Akulin, 53. head of Naval Bureau of Shipbuilding. April 11—Maj. Gen. A. Shak harov, 57, of the aviation engi neers. April 12—Maj. Gen. Ivan Kure khin, 57, Soviet Navy supply serv ice. May 10—Col. Gen. V. V. Ulrich, 62, military judge, presided at big purge trials in the 30s. June 22—Col. Gen. Ivan Gri shin, 50, wartime commander on the White Russian front. July 10—Lt. Gen. Vasily G. Ryazanov, 52, Soviet air force. July 15—Lt. Gen. Ivan Konnov, 51. July 17—Lt. Gen. Fyodor Kam kov, 53. July 26—Lt. Gen. O. P. Kor chagin, 53, tank army commander. ’olice Seek Identity )f Dead Woman Prince Georges County police today were making further efforts to identify a woman found dead yesterday on the Indian Head highway a mile south of Oxon Hill, Md. Several hairs from the woman's head are being analyzed to de termine if she was blond or gray. When discovered, the body was in an advanced state of decomposi tion, having been at the spot about three weeks, according to Dr. John 3. Maloney, county medical ex aminer. He could not estimate the woman’s age. The woman’s teeth also are being charted so they can be compared with records of women on missing person’s lists. The dead woman was wearing only a slip, which is being checked for laundry marks. Dr. Maloney said he performed a partial autopsy yesterday, which showed no fractured bones, marks of injury on the • head or any : other signs of foul play. He said he may perform an addi tional post mortem examination today, depending on further in vestigation by County Police Chief P. Allen Richards and De tective Sergt. Wilson J. Purdy. Three State Road Commission workmen, trimming grass along the roadside, found the body. ; All colored, they were Charles Burroughs and Anthony Newman, both of Cheltenham. Md.. and Stafford Tebbs of Nanjemoy, Md. Rotarians Elect CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va„ July 27 (Special).—E. R. Slaughter chairman of the City Democratic Committee and professor of physi cal education at the University ol Virginia, has been installed as president of the Charlottesville Rotary Club. [McCarran Says Probe Will Expose Influence On U. S. China Policy By the Associated Fress Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada, said today a subcommit tee he heads “will show how cer tain individuals, working together, influenced Government policies out of which 'came the predica ment we are in today.” The predicament he referred to, he told reporters, was the hold the Communists have obtained on China with the backing of Russia. "You haven’t seen anything yet,” McCarran said as his In ternal Security subcommittee took time out from its probe into forces it seeks to show influenced the Nation’s Far Eastern policies. So far, he said, the subcommit tee is just “laying a foundation for matters I know are coming on.” He refused to go into detail. A day-long hearing yesterday wa§ devoted to questioning Fred erick Vanderbilt Field, millionaire leftist, and Edward C. Carter, a [trustee of the Institute of Pacific Relations. The testimony and a batch of documents introduced into the record were studded with refer ences to Owen Lattimore, Alger ’Hiss and Lauchlin Currie. Mr. Lattimore. a Johns Hopkins | University professor specializing in Far Eastern affairs, is a trustee of the American section of the Institute, as were Hiss and Mr. Currie for a time in the postwar j pu 1UU. | Mr. Currie is a former adviser i to the late President Roosevelt ’on China matters. Hiss is a for mer State Department official who has been convicted of per jury for denying he gave depart ment documents to a prewar Soviet spy courier. The committee declined to say who woulc be the witness at next Tuesday's hearing. Mr. Carter was told the committee was through with him for a few weeks at least. Brought Under Guard. Mr. Field was brought under guard from a New York jail to testify at the inquiry. Because ; of his refusal to disclose contribu tors to a bail fund for four missing Communist leaders convicted of conspiracy, he is serving 90 days for contempt of court. He is a trustee of the fund. In his testimony to the Senate committee, Mr. Field said the Army had offered him an intelli gence commission in 1942, but he said it was blocked outside the Army because of a "certain prob lem ’ which he refused to discuss. He said that at least three per sons—Mr. Lattimore, Mr. Carter and William T. Stone, a State Department officer—later tried to “break the jam" holding up his commission. Senator Eastland. Democrat, of Mississippi had told the commit tee earlier a letter showed Mr. Currie recommended Mr. Field for a commission. In Bogota, Colombia, where he is an advisor i to the Colombian government, Mr. (Currie said “I can positively af Iflrm that I never intervened in favor of Mr. Field in connection with any matter. Refused to Answer Queries. For many years an official or trustee of the IPR. Mr. Field re fused to answ er when asked if he had written for Communist puo lications or ever had been knowm as “Comrade Frederick Spencer.'’ He contended that answers to these and a number of other questions might tend to incrimi nate him. When Mr. Carter returned to the witness chair for a second time yesterday afternoon, evi dence was introduced to show he ^had: 1. Written a letter to Hiss on jFeb. 5, 1947, expressing appre ciation that “you have done so much for the IPR in co-operation and wise advice.” 2. Spoke in the same letter of "a delightful and illuminating talk” he had with Robert T. Miller. A committee attorney said Mr. Miller had been named at a House Un-American Activi ties Committee hearing as a Communist and a member of an "espionage ring^’ 3. Sent telegrams on January 17. 1944, to Hiss and Mr. CwMe suggesting they might T ’EM GH... [ ■ , "v' . . . the »es love it! Kicks, scuffs and scrapes r faze these sturdy Edwards shoes. 're protected by scuff proof tips. Sou construction means long wear and safe >port for growing feet. ' ! i i Maryland and Virginia -New* in Brief Sewage Plant Bids Opened in Fairfax The lowest bid for construction of Fairfax County’s new sewage plant is 70 per cent above original estimates. This was revealed yesterdaj when County Sanitary Engineei James J. Corbalis, jr., opened four bids for the project. The lowest totaled $1,309,400, sub mitted by the Blackwell Engineer ing Co., Warrenton. Mr. Corbalis said he would study the proposals with G. Hub ard Massey, consulting engineer before making a recommendatior to the Board of Supervisors. Mr Massey designed the plant. * * * * Wants Boundary Kept Montgomery County planner: are opposed to extending the Sil ver Spring business district be , yond the Fenton street boundary set up in the 1947 master zoning plan for the area. This was made clear in ai I opinion announced today by th< ; Maryland-National Capital Pari and Planning Commission. The commission recommendec ithat the County Council deny ai application for commercial zoning of a lot now classified for apart I ment use on the northwest side o: ; Colesville road between Fentoi ! and Spring streets. * * * * It's Official Now Official figures on Virginia gen eral fund revenues have assurec the State’s taxpayers of a 20 pe: cent reduction in their income ta; payments next December. The State controller notifiec Gov. Battle yesterday that the revenues for the fiscal year endec June 30 totaled $105,664,345. The Governor must issue a proc lamation before August 15 order ing tax officials to cut the ta; bills in accordance with terms o: a bill passed by the 1950 Genera Assembly.—A. P. * * * * Mental Hospital Drive The Northern Virginia Menta Hygiene Society has joined State-wide campaign for suppor of a proposed $21,578,770 two year budget for the State Depart ment of Mental Hygiene and Hos pita Is. The Northern Virginia group headed by Mrs. Melvin A. Glasser Arlington, has asked all candi dates in the area to express theii views on the question. It also i: sending information and sugges tions for action to civic groupi ; in Alexandria, Arlington. Fall: Church and Fairfax County. According to Mrs. Glasser, adop tion of the budget by the Genera Assembly would increase the fund: available for care of patients ir mental hospitals as well as im prove working conditions ant raise salaries among hospital em i ployes. Memorial Bridge Closes Tonight for Repairs The Memorial Bridge will bi closed to traffic from 7 o’clocl tonight to 7 a.m. Monday—thi first of four week-end closing to permit resurfacing. During each of the week end work will be in progress on one fourth of the bridge surface. Thi week end work will be done U the westbound lanes, from thi center of the bridge to the Vir ginia end. Work at the curb line and oi the median strip of the bridgi began last week. - ' meeting his “friend” Vladimii Rogoff, a correspondent for th< Russian news agency Tass wh< was en route to Washington Iron Moscow. Mr. Carter, asked what His; had done for the IPR, said thi former State Department offi cial never had been to the instl titute’s office at the time of thi letter. Hiss was “not. activ< enough for that” he said. The Federal Spotlight: Recommittal of Bill Only Delays Enactment of Leave Cut Rider By Joseph Young Despite action of the House in recommitting the 1952 inde pendent offices bill, which contains the Douglas 20-day leave amend ment, this leave system for Government workers is due to become law." The recommittal action had nothing to do with the leave issue, j WUV nilrn A I/O Uil it taining the Jensen personnel cut ( amendment and a cut in public housing dwelling units. As for leave, the only conse-!, quence of the House action in sending the a ppropria tions bill back t o conference is that the 20 day leave sys tem will go into effect sev eral weeks later than it would have if the House had approved the conference re p0r£ Joseph Yoons. The Senate already has ap proved the Douglas amendment, i And in House-Senate conference, ■ the House conferees agreed to accept it. ’ The House is expected to ap : prove the leave rider when the independent offices conference re 1 port comes up before it again. ;|That will insure its passage by : Congress. Incidentally, the amendment l will become permanent law .and i will not have to be re-enacted each year. j However, if the 13-to-26-days plan is later approved by Con 1 gress, this would supersede the 20-day plan. Whether the graduated leave legislation can overcome its pres ent obstacles remains to be seen, i The fact remains that Govern .Iment employes will soon get less leave than their present 26 days. I PERSONNEL CUTS—It s begin . ning to appear as if the House [ will get its way in the matter of (retaining the Jensen formula for cutting Federal employment. . | Senator Ferguson, Republican, of Michigan, sponsor of the Sen ■ ate-adopted 10 per cent personnel reduction plan, says he is willing ( to agree to some kind of plan (along the Jensen rider’s lines. ! However the Jensen provision which allows agencies to fill only 25 per cent of personnel vacancies, probably will be toned down quite a bit by House-Senate conferees. An increasing number of Sena tors and Representatives are con vinced that the Jensen rider, in (its present form, would cause ■ [great administrative hardships. ■(Consequently, the rider is due to be modified to give agencies greater leeway in filling vital job vacancies. Certainly, though, rank-and ( file Federal employes would fare 1 better under the Jensen amend ment than the Senate’s 10 per ( cent reduction rider, since all per ; sonnel reductions would be made; ’ by not filling vacancies. Direct ( dismissals would not be necessary. I ( * * * * WHITTEN RIDER—The Whit ten amendment, which would bar permanent promotions and trans fers in Government, will be tacked I—.. ii r •* £> ' t * i '■r into either the forthcoming sup plemental money bill or the mili ary appropriations measure to continue its provisions for another 'ear. However, Representative Whit en, Democrat, of Mississippi, the neasure's sponsor, plans to modi Fy the provisions somewhat to nake allowances for hardship :ases. * * * * 4 PROMOTION—James P. Googe, the Civil Service Commission’s as sistant chief of field operations, has been appointed director of the commission’s 13th civil serv ice region with headquarters in Denver. One of the most able of the commission’s officials, Mr, Googe will be greatly, missed by his many friends here. (Be sure to read the Federal Spotlight column in The Star six days a week and listen to the Spotlight radio broadcast at 6:15 P.M. every Saturday over WMAL.) Cab Driver Leads Police To Battered Body of Wife A Washington taxi driver Iasi night led police to the battered body of his wife who apparently had been dead two days on the sofa of their apartment. Deputy Coroner Christopher J Murphy said an autopsy disclosed at least 60 bruises on the body ol Mrs. Helen Martha Nalley. 41, and that, death had been due to a cerebral hemorrhage and brain concussion. Homicide detectives ordered the husband, William George Nalley, 48. of 1630 R street N.W., held for the coroner. An inquest was scheduled for today. Police said Nalley reported his wife dead about 10 o'clock last night, but gave no explanation as to why the death had not been reported before. They quoted him as saying she had been drinking and had fallen down several times in their apartment. They found a number of empty bottles in the place, they said. In an effort to avoid arrest or a soliciting charge in December 1050, Nalley leaped from the win dow of his apartment and landed on an auto 40 feet below. Or recovery from a back injury, he was fined $50. The solicitinj charge, police said, involved Mrs Nalley. Shore Mail Speeded EASTON, Md„ July 27 UP).— Direct mail service by truck from the Eastern Shore to the westerr part of the State and return, vis the Matapeake ferry, will begin Wednesday. The new system will cause time savings of up to 24 nours. Narcotics Squad Nabs 4 on Drug Charges In 'Accidental' Raid Narcotic squad members ar rested four persons last night in an "accidental” raid in the 2300 block of Pennsylvania avenue N.W. and charged them with violating drug laws. Charged as peddlers were Rob ert Tyson Duffel, 46, of the Penn sylvania avenue address, and Kenneth Wooldridge, 45, a sales man, of the 1700 block of Nine iteenth street S.E. Maurice Fineman, 51, a Balti more hotel clerk, and Mrs. Leoris Catherine Raimondi, 34, of the 1300 block of Shepherd street N.W., were charged with violating the uniform narcotic drug act. Twenty-five capsules of heroin and drug administering equipment were seized. Police said Detective Sergt. Jo seph A. Gabrys and Detective Seymour Raboy, both of the nar cotics squad, made the arrests when they accidentally stumbled onto the quartet at the Pennsyl vania avenue address. Although both are on the nar cotics squad. Detective Capt. Edgar E. Scott said the men were at the place originally to ques tion a woman on a bad check | charge. While they were in the bund ling, Capt. Scott related, they jsaw through an open door Fine iman administering drugs to Mrs. I Raimondi. They entered and arrested the two, and also nabbed Duffel and Wooldridge. Dunbar Hotel Plans To Change Name The Dunbar Hotel at Fifteenth and U streets N.W., has suffered so much from the recent publicity of law violations reported there by the police that the owners will change the name of the place, if they are permitted to keep their I hotel license This statement was made before the License Board yesterday by Harvey Warwick, president of the hotel, at a hearing in which the hotel is appealing the action of License Supt. C. T. Nottingham, j who has refused a new hotel license. Mr. Warwick told the board that, if a license is refused, he will be ruined financially. If a license is issued, he said, he plans to step down from the presidency of the iDunbar House, Inc., to let Welker C. Underdown, the manager, take lover the post. Mr. Warwick also said plans are being made to bring in a trained hotel man. He said the place does not intend to apply for a new liquor license. If a license is sought, he said, it will be only for light wines and beer. The hotel’s liquor license recently was revoked by the Alcoholic Beverage Control uuai u. Mr. Warwick said there may still be some undesirable charac ters in the hotel but that their | names will be turned over to the (Police Department for investlga ! tion • After hearing Mr. Warwick, the board went to the hotel to inspect it. The hearing will be resumed at 10 am. Thursday. ...—>