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Evening star., 1942-10-18
0'Conor Promises Detailed
Maryland Budget Hearing

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Nd. Oct. 17.-Gov.
O'Conor assured Maryland taxpay-
ers today that they would be given
a detailed account of departmental
budget requests and that the sched-
uled public hearings would be more
than perfunctory meetings.
The Governor gave this assurance
in letter to Harry S. Middendorf,
leader of taxpayer activity, who had
written the chief executive asking
the public be given full considera-
ton in all budgetary matters, mainly
by supplying facts and figures.
Gov. O'Conor also said that he
would require department heads to
report on the number of and neces-
sity for employees in each State
activity.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
LeIund Junior Hiqh
P-TA Meets Tuesday

The first fall meeting of the Le-
land Junior High School Parent
Teacher Association, to be held
Tuesday night in the school, will
feature go to school, program
in which parents follow the sched-
ule of their children's classes.
William N. Morell Is president OF
the association. Other officers are
Mrs Dean Dinwoodey. vice presl-
dent: Miss Elizabeth Du Pre-, sec
retary, and John Fitch, treasurer.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
New Sunday School
Officers Installed
re cial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. 17.-Newly
elected officers of the Rockville Bap-
tist Sunday School have been in
stalled as follows:
Harry S. Beall, superintendent;
Thomas Baker and Leslie Frye, as
sistant superintendents; Guy Baker,
secretary; Charles Ward, assistant
secretary; Mrs. Thomas Baker,
pianist: the Rev. Herbert o. Cooper,
Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Robert Kinder,
Miss Isabelle Dicks, Miss Marilyn
Ricketts,. Miss Blanche Ray, Miss
Goldie Foster, Miss Ella Hickerson.
Mrs. Thomas Baker Mrs. Annie
carp, Leslie Frye, Mrs. Frank Fraley,
Miss Edith Magruder, Thomas
Baker, Mrs. Clinton Howes and
Miss Nina Berry, teachers.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
BIodensbure Women
Plan Democratic RuIIy

The Democratic Women's Club OF
the Bladensburg District will
sponsor a rally at pm. on october
81 at the Cottage City Fire House,
1t has been announced.
John S. White, Democratic floor
leader of the House of Delegates,
will be toastmaster. Candidates for
State and county Offices in the No
venaber 3 election are expected to
Be present.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Arlington 10 Enforce
30-hile Speed Limit
On All Of Lee Highway
County Board Adopts
Ordinance Eliminating
Varying Regulations

The Arlington County Board yes
terday unanimously adopted. with
only one change, a speed ordinance
which is designed to streamline the
regulations and eliminate varying
speed limits on single highway.
The original ordinance set up
25-mile- -an-hour limit on Lee high
way, which was altered, on the mo-
ton of Board Member F. Freeland
Chew, to 80 miles an hour. Police
Chief Harry L. woodward told the
board the five-mile difference would
not matter as long as the limit was
uniform along the entire stretch
of highway. The new limit will be
in effect from the District line in
Rosslyn to North Tuckahoe street
in East Falls Church.
Exceptions Listed.
The roads and highways on which
a speed in excess of Is miles per
hour is authorized are:
U. S. Route No. /; Old Dominion
drive from North Glebe road to the
Fairfax County line Columbia pike
from South Monroe street to the
Fairfax County line; Lee boulevard,
except parallel marginal or service
roads, where the limit is Is miles an
hour; any part of the highway sys-
tenn now under construction as
part of the road network to the
Pentagon Building, and the pro-
posed Henry G. Shirley Memorial
highway.
Board Member Elizabeth B. Ma
gruder moved the authorization of
contract for the construction of
comfort station in Lubber Run Park
at cost of $2.188. The motion was
approved unanimously, and the con-
tract was awarded to Milton G..
Smith of Arlington, as the low
bidder.
Conference Asked on Nurseries.
Board Chairman Edmund D.
Campbell suggested that County
Manager Hanrahan confer with
Commemorative Attorney Lawrence
Douglas and DR.. Beachley with a
view to strengthening the health
| and sanitation regulations affecting
nursery schools and kindergartens.
He also asked Mr.. Hanrahan to
advise the board as to the desir-
ability of appointing a probation
officer.
The board approved expenditures
of the last two weeks. amounting to
S64 25265, which includes a payroll
of $28,808.85.
Evening star., 1942-10-18

MendSn 4 a I 2,
the oldest ac-
tive member of
the force, has
been promoted
to lieutenant, ef-
fective Novem-
ber l, to succeed
1t. James R.
Miller. who lis
leaving the force
to join the Ma
rineS.
Sergt. E. S.
Haddaway was
promoted to the
rank of detec-
tive sergeant.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Arlington Pastor Leaves
For Portsmouth Post

The Rev. Harry Wallace Craver,
minister at the Central Methodist
Church, Arlington, Va, for the past
five years, was to preach his final
sermon today before entering Ypon
duties at the Elm Street Methodist
Church. Portsmouth, Va.
The Rev. Mr.. Craver, who served
as the president of the Arlington
County Ministerial Association, will
be succeeded by the Rev. j. Herman
Carroll of Phoebus, Va.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Winchester Church
To Celebrate Centenary

Spe cial Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, Oct. IT.
Services celebrating 100 years of oc-
cupancy Of its present edifice are
to be held October 28-November ]
by the congregation Of Grace Lu-
theran Church, with several former
pastors taking part The 189th an
niversary Of the congregation also
will be observed, the Rev. Carl A.
Honeycutt, pastor, said.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Special Dispatch to The Star.

GptCldi DlSpd lCH 10 1 he oIdT.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct. II.
Dogs of war will be shown in &C
ton at the annual Fredericksburg
Dog Mart Friday, according to ar
rangements approved by Col. T. P.
Apgar, commanding officer of the
Front Royal Quartermaster Depot.
Col, Apgar directs training for war
service of dogs presented to the War
Department. Sixteen soldiers and
sailors handling one dog each will
participate in the exhibition.
Among movie stars and dignitaries
who have donated dogs to the Fred
ericksburg Dog Mart to be auctioned
off for war bonds are Deanna Dur
bin, Greer Carson, Abbott and Co.'S
tello, John Payne and Carlos Mar
tins, Ambassador of Brazil, and
Madame Martins.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Rockville Church Supper

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. II tSpe-
ciaD A chicken and ham supper
will be served at the Rockville
Christian Church October % for the
benefit of the daily Bible school now
in progress under the joint auspices
of the Baptist, Christian, Methodist
and Presbyterian churches of Rock
willie.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
BY JOHN r. LUTER,

Typographical errors and mis-
spelled words are less frequent
than they were five weeks ago in
the correspondence section of the
War Production Board headquar-
ters, thanks to special classes for
stenographas organized by Miss
Virginia Wheatley, acting chief
of the section. Is
Twenty-six girls, most of them
stenographers known in Govern-
ment circles as "the l440's, are
spending half hour a day. five
days a week, in the study Of
speed dictation. tipping, spelling.
punctuation. telephone technique
and once procedure.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Rev. George 6. Oliver
Made Superintendent

The Rev. George G. Oliver, minis
ter of the Clarendon Methodist
Church, Arlington, for the past six
years was promoted to district sup
erintendent and will be in charge
of the Rappahannock district, it
was announced at the annual con-
ference in Richmond.
DR.. Oliver will be succeeded by
the Rev. H. P. Myers. former mis-
sionary secretary of the old Balti-
more Southern Conference. who
comes from the Main Street Metho-
dist Church in Danville.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Registration Postponed

Registration of fuel oil dealers,
originally set for Tuesday and
Wednesday, has been postponed,
Mrs. Grace Gaumnitz. executive
secretary of the Arlington County
Rationing Board. announced yes
terday Tentative dates for the
registration have been set for Oc-
tober q and %, Mrs. Gaumnitz
said
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Goithersburg Pythions
To Mark Anniversary
Ererial Disna tch to The Star

sr ecisl Dispatch to The Star.
GAITHERSBURG, Md. Oct IT.
The 50th anniversary of Forest Oak
Knights of Pythias Lodge of CATH
ersburg will be celebrated at the
hall here October %.
All knights of Pythias Lodges of
the State, including the Grand
Lodge, will be invited to attend
Brawner z. Harding heads the COM
mittee in charge. James T, English
Zadoc M. Cooke and Hezekiah Day
all of Gaithersburg, are the only
surviving charter members.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Bishop ZiegIer to Speak

LA PLATA, Md, Oct. II lP).-The
Rt. Rev. Winfred H. Ziegler, D. D.,
missionary bishop of wyoming. will
address the Southern Maryland Con-
vocation October % in Christ
Church here. Bishop Ziegler will
preach at the morning service and
lead the afternoon conference.
Evening star., 1942-10-18

The Quartermaster's Department.
Is careful to provide each soldier
with shoe that fits. for an army
with "sore feet" is already whipped.
The American Army is the best
shod army in, the world. You can
buy pair or outfit a soldier with
two pairs with your purchase OF
War stamps and War bonds. IN.
VEST AT LEAST 10 PER CENT
Of your, income in War bonds every
pay day and become a member Of
the patriotic Ten Per Cent Club
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Il Maryland State Police
Promoted 10 Higher Rank
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 17-Promotion
OF IL members of the Maryland
State Police was disclosed today
by Supt. Beverly S. Ober.
Col. Ober said Detective Sergt.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
ORGANIZATION Meetino

The Woodlawn Home and School
League will hold an organization
meeting at the school. 4720 North
Sixteenth street, Arlington, at $3.50
pm. Tuesday,
Evening star., 1942-10-18
81 Arlington County
Men Are Ordered
To Army Service
Board Publishes Names
Of Those to Report
On October 28

Eighty-seven Arlington County
men have been ordered to report
for induction into the Army Octo-
Der %, County Draft Board No. /,
1904 Lee highway, annuncd yes
terday.
F.. H. Eastman, chairman of the
board. also announced that Horace
Chamberlain Thurber has been
commissioned in the Army as a
first lieutenant and that Addie
Brown reported to the board and
has had his name cleared of a
delinquency.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
* X
WAdtHo~4~xWM
| WAR BONDS

Every soldier in Uncle Sans
Army is issued two pairs of shoes
at cost of $385 each. We, there
fore, literally need millions of pairs
Of shoes, good shoes =. shoes that
fit :. to outfit our rapidly increas-
ing armed forces.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
lose men who will report are

Gustavsen. X.
Pape, r. w. H.
Brickerd. S. e.
Curran, Palmer q
Bennett, w. p, jr.
Dayier, Harold o.
Higginbottom. J. C.
avis, William r.
1ngerson. Charles C.
Denny, Rudolph W.
Knight. James e.
McMorrow. T. E.
Jewell. Everett
Longerbeam. A. C..
Keys. Georse W.
Young. NeZ
Fetger, Luther l..
Gray. Ray B.
Long, Charles M.
Donnis. Henry A.
Heatwole. s. C.
King. Willis R.
Krider, Harrison 8.
Vest, I. R. B.
Lovett, James F,
Embrey, Julius r.
Payne. w. H. jr.
Robinson. Leslie B.
Baker. Francis P.
Bjornson. s. L.
Wilcox, George H.
Harris, John E., jr.
Sharrah, F.. D.
Morrow. Wilbur s.
DAngelo, Joe
Hendricks. w. c.
Chaser. Chancellor
Hull. Corby F.
Sheldon. Robert z.
Linaburs. Allen B.
Neely, Leslie B.
Shi1lett. Elmer
Smith. Alfred F.
Evening star., 1942-10-18

Holz. 'bouis z.
Jeffries, Robert T.
Butler. Cecil s.
Dindlebeck, r. E.
Rollins. Ray D.
Laughlin. David NJ
Hylton, PercSH.
Spoden. F.. G.. jr.
Morsan. John G..
Dick. Roy 3.
Harman. S. r.
Rice. F. f jr.
Morris, Lewis A.
Mosner OHr v.
Good, Galen E.
Patton. Guy r.
Breeden. Hobart L.
Lane. Howard L.
Omohundro, R. c.
Cha ppell, Charles J.
Calcamp. J. W. jr.
Sessions, Horace E
Monaci. Joachim
Neumann, Jack.
WinRert John A.
ADsberry. c.. z.
Miller. Raymond A
Brown. Frank r.
Statland, Albert
Rosenberger, C, B.
Finchan. Grover c
Van Horn. H. M.
Hawkins. William T
Morris, Roy T.
Purdy. o. E.. jr.
Boardsen, ALI G.
Allison, Robert r.
Ashwell. James l..
Bowers, Raymond "
Kirby, William A.
Asp. Arnold A.
Mccormick, F. r.
Layley. Basil
Ha wilkins, Charles v
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-27

would full week, Thanksgiving didn't
it, with Christmas rng its whiskers at lot of things to
First off, the Victory Rally (which just mix 1t
Colonel Henry Barrett Director Defense
death false mousache the
whole FBI Band according to the picture!
Sunday Night Feature
Sunday night Admiral Yarn will tell Greenbet audience about
the Pacific This quite for the Sunday Evening
Club the You'll all to hear him. and it's
for Free
On Tuesday at 85 at the home of Mrs Hyman Black 81
Southway the Hebrew Ladies' Auxiliary discuss Purm
Also Tuesday the time Home Ec Room the
D. S. Ladies Relief Society discuss theology There will
be question and answer period .,
The Women Guild holds forth at 1880 Wednesday, the
Sandy OH Suthway for installation officers
The Rev. Mr. Johnston will do the installing The Guild also busy
(there day again the Drug Store from to
All ladies who give husbands to make the
(qut throwing the brickbats ladies' Hattie
the dihpan will have choice of pretty
Just there housewives left in Greenbe this announce
for them Oh yes there also dshcohs for sale
And they're really good Nice for tuckng in Christmas presents
for friends and perfectly swell to keep
Club the Athletic Association Clubhouse for
odasoned Christmas Party the evening of Dece
This take the place of the regular meng and large
when they call it 9old-fashioned"?
Club holds its regular meeting Wednesday, ga
Southway. go,
The American Legion and Legion Auxiliary meet Thursday night
the Legion Home The committee heads OF the Auxiliary will be
meeting
parents high school children please The meeting
PTA changed from the first Tues
Tuesday in the month Same time
place.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-27
Saue Your Cans

On the heels of recent announcement that tin cans
would be collected in Greenbet for metal salvage the
Town Council revived the idea Monday night No plan has
agreed upon yet and the whole matter will be the
agenda for the Councils December IA meeting.
Suggestions made Monday night include bringing the
washed and attened central bin in the Shopping
Center having them collected door to door by
ganization and having them collected door to door by
the trash collection trucks. There move to
pass an ordinance forbddng be put in with other
garbage.
You from this that some salvage plans will
probably be made and placed into effect within two weeks
Today then, is the time to start collecting Tom
Kicker estimates that the average Greenbet family
18 per week For the entire town this is lot of
Here is what you do: (1) Open the at both ends
(aso contents you toy, 2) Rinse out
with hot water (3) Remove label (4) Fatten the by
pounding or stepping (dont let Mr. Braden catch
you doing that the composition oors), (5 Collect the
cans in sack or basket Mr. Rystcken says this be
done in So minutes month.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-27
3O-Day Trial

We shall now have 3O-day period during which Capt.
tai Transit Company will experiment with service
wherein Greenbet commuters will ride bus to Branchve
where there transfer shelter of any sor change
to seetcar then change to another street at the
Mt Rainier terminal and in most transfer at least
once again to bus streetcar downtown There will be
through buses Mt Rainier except during the morning
rush hours and it the intention of the company dis
continue these after the trial period
If we wish may put the 80 days to good use by
making checks of how long the trip to the
office takes day by day. of the extent to which the bus
and sreetcar crowded. what hazards there for
commuters and to what extent the service good bad
One such record would be little needed, but hundred
sent in evidence for the next hearing before the State
Public Utilities Commission would carry sufficient weight
to give improved public transportation.
To be effective the checking should be done
ganzed plan This look like natural" for the Citizens
Association, which meets Monday night, December T.
little advance planning by its officers might bring turnout
several hundred hared commuters to this meeting and
might out scheme which would help to give this
community the better transit service has so long sought
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-27
One Year Ago
(From the Cooperator of
November %, 1941)

The Citizens Association pre-
pared a schedule to be used in a
survey to determine the effect Of
the F.S.A. maximum income ruling
on residents; results showing the
disadvantages and the economic
hardships on those affected will be
reported.-One hundred and fifty
two new defense homes were being
completed for occupancy in Decem-
ber.-Greenbelt Health Association
accepted the designations of Doc
tors Mary and Clesson Richardson
from the local medical staff.-The
Citizens Association planned to
discuss the possibility of having
home delivery of mail.-The Prince
Georges County Board of Educa-
ton approved the request to the
Federal Works Agency for a grant
of $48,251.05 to provide for added
expenses caused by the increase of
pupils residing in the defense
homes at Greenbelt and Fort
Washington during the remainder
of the current school year and the
1942-43 year.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-27
Babies, Please!

New residents-and old ARE again asked to register
their babies with the Town Clerk A town ordinance
passed by the Council time requires that parents
report the birth of children within 10 days of the
birth date Penalty for not registering babies is fine
of So to $25.
Since the does not take census, this is its only
of keeping record of the population. It's hardly
possible for the Administration to knock doors pc
rodicay and inquire whether you Have any babies
oday? So when you're paying the rent reporting that
eaky faucet register Junior, too.
And that will be way to have babys arrival
reported promptly in the Cooperator for the limited staff
the paper cannot knock all the Greenbe doors and
ask "Have you any babies today?"
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-27
Your Coop Stores: IV--Education

educational program coopatves
residents members of Greenbelt Consumer
Services will $50 what?' And there that
educational program is weak.
program teach people
owned business For decades this has been
press the schools radio, and other institutions The
have been well blessed In fact only weeks
big radio chains denied the Eastern Cooperative League the
Although principle practice is
old by leaps and bounds recent
years. great still find the idea and the Roch
Basicay store organized and owned by its
the Because the customers have
cheating themselves they stock the shelves with high
quality goods the Of they they
the prevailing market price for goods and
distribute themselves surplus profit at the ed
principles 1874, I'M numbe
) Open membership, 2) Democratic control by allowing vote
only member and votng 3 Distribution OF net surplus
the proportion
capital (5) Political religious
y 6) Business for cash only CD Promotion of education in
cooperation.
nehbo buying wholesale lots
taking neighbors expanding operations until building and
gra growth the carefully controlled by
and to their needs In Greenbet
built by the Government stocked by outside
the
help of Consumer Distribution Corporation all IN the space OF two
During organizing period there education work
quality
which line Few of these
been done tell what to do
food ABOUT
MANY which coopeatves here
avoided by welnormed membership 1t is diff
the educational allowed wthe
educational director has been hired
Greenbet Services there promises OF rebrh OF
and make them operate in
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-27
New Residents Using
Library, Mrs. Harris Says

New residents in Greenbelt are
quickly becoming acquainted with
the Town Library facilities, ac-
cording to Mrs. Reba Harris, IL
brarian. The Book Week display
along with the announcement to
new residents as to where it is
located, brought many new per-
sons to the library last week.
Mrs. Harris informs the paper
that a new order of books has just
been received and will be ready Tor
circulation in approximately
week. The group includes all types
of books, and it is expected that
those dealing with current war
activities will be most popular.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-27
Five Years Ago
(From the Cooperator of
December /, 1887


The Town Council held its first
meeting in the Council Room in the
Administration Building; the five
councilmen elected were: Robert
E. Jacobsen, Sherrod E. East,
Louis Bessemer, Allen D. Morrison,
and H. H. Maurer.-Representa-
tives of the Credit Union National
Association were scheduled to come
to Greenbelt to help set up a CO.
operative bank.-Legionaires at
tended the second meeting of the
Greenbelt Post of the American
Legion and explained the require
ments necessary in obtaining a
charter.-The Greenbelt Athletic
Association vas organized and Off
GERS elected.-The first Brownie
Troop in Greenbelt was organized
under the direction of Mrs. Lillian
A. Mitchell.-The transportation
problem was discussed in the Co.
operator.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-27
Church School Plans
Yule Program Dec. 20

This year, the Greenbelt Com
munity School Christmas program
is to be presented on Sunday, De-
cember 20. Every department IN
the school will participate in the
program. and the committee IN
charge promises that it will be an
exceptionally fine one. Co-chalr-
men of the committee are MRS.
Wendell Miller, Mrs. Ed Haley,
and Mrs. Lillian Mitchell.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-27
OUR
NEIGHBORS

We have learned that the Sum
day School division Of the Com
munity Church had q white feast
offering last Sunday. Each child
brought q food gift wrapped In
white for distribution to some less
fortunate family. Wartime is .
good time to increase the good
neighbor practice, and the Sunday
School is well on its way.
If you are having labor shortage
problems on your household front,
try calling Paul Barnhart, princi-
pal of the Greenbelt High School.
He won't do your work himself, OF
course, but he has the names of
some high school students who
want jobs waxing floors, washing
windows, etc.
Roy Bell, Sr., veteran of World
War l, is going to follow his Ran
ger son into the armed services.
Mr.. Bell will be Chief Petty
Officer in the Coast Guard.
Mrs. Robert X. Lengel, 34-E
Ridge Road. had a Thanksgiving.
birthday party in celebration OF
her birthday on Thanksgiving Day.
Mrs. Townsend of Virginia; Mrs.
R. Gottsman, Mrs. C. Carlson, and
Mrs. w. Fedrens, of Greenbelt
were present and bestowed upon
Mrs. Lengel many lovely gifts and
cards.
The Glen Wilburs, 40-E Crescent
Road, have Mrs. Ruth Smith,
Glen's mother from Seattle, as q
guest this week. Another guest
for this week is Mrs. Irene Allen
from Flint, Michigan.
Erma Volk, 8-B Hillside Road,
s recovering at home now from an
extensive illness. We will be glad
to see her around again. So WILL
her husband, Myron.
Our sympathies go to Mrs. Mar
garet Finn, 10-D Southway, on
the recent death Of her mother.
On November Z, at Sibley Me-
mortal Hospital son, Guy Wen
dell, Jr., was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy Wendell Carmack, 16-A Park
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Paul
Goldfaden, ct Ridge Road, are
the proud parents Of a baby girl,
Vicki Ann, born on November =,
at Eugene Leland Memorial Hospl-
tai, Riverdale, Md.
Two Cooperator staff members
became parents last week-both
Of them girls: Laura Ruth was 2
b0fn oM Nove AeE ! = 80
Mrs. Glen v
10 nSss; ounces Ses ! Leland Msn0fial
Hospital, Riverdale.
On November 81, Mr.. and MRS
Waldo Mott, 19-D Parkway Road,
were blessed with an 8 pound baDy
girl, Nancy Ann, at Sibley Hospl.:
tai. Waldo is assistant editor OF
the paper.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1942-11-27

Hospital, KlverdaIe. ~
On November 81, Mr.. and Mrs.
Waldo Mott, led Parkway Road,
were blessed with an s pound baDy
girl, Nancy Ann, at Sibley Hospl.A
tai. Waldo is assistant editor OF
the paper.