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Evening star., 1947-09-29

war-put less bread and rolls on the
tables-stop cutting the crusts from
sandwiches, end the practice of serv-
ing poached eggs on toast and SIM
liar garnishes and cutting down on
the sizes Of cake.
Real savings in wheat can be ef-
fected by these measures, it Is gen.
orally agreed, If they are fully COM
piled with.
Effect Of Pleas Noted.
Another Agriculture Department
study made before the war showed
that in our largest cities as much as
300 pounds of food per person was
going into the garbage can. The
wartime and postwar figures for
Washington, less than half this
amount, form striking report on
how much Americans took to heart
the wartime pleas to waste less"
Food waste, of course, is not all
the familys fault. 1t begins on the
farm When foods are not properly
handled or preserved and continues
in transit, ate the warehouses, at the
wholesalers and at the retailers.
A study by the Agriculture Depart
ment of number of Washington
retail stores in 1910 showed that
much food was thrown away be-
cause of improper care. The worst
casualties were avocados, of which
1877 per cent were lost. Next was
grapefruit, with 79 per cent loss,
followed by 76 for cabbage and 6.8
for cauliflower.
1t is more than likely, however,
that stores are being more careful
of their produce today since these
losses are more keenly felt in the
cash register than ever before.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
ADA Nominates 4 Tenants
For Virqinia Rent Board

The Washington Chapter of Amer
leans for Democratic Action has
recommended to Gov. Tuck of Vir-
ginia that he appoint four additional
members who are tenants, to the
proposed Alexandria Arlington Rent
Control Advisory Board. The ADA
also has asked Federal Rent Ad-
visor Frank r. Creedon to withhold
approval of the proposed board until
Gov. Tuck acts.
Seven property owners and three
tenants already have been NOM
mated for membership but the ADA
declared the board as proposed
still overwhelmingly represents
landlords and does not give adequate
representation to consumer inter-
eStS.'
Suggested for appointment were
John w. Edelman, 2200 Columbia
pike. Arlington, Washington repre-
sentative of the Textile Workers
Union, CIO; Eugene r. Hubbard,
4239 North Fifteenth street, Arling-
ton, secretary of the Alexandria
Central Labor Union; L. D. Mac
Intyre, 3362-B South Wakefield
street, Arlington, of the American
Red Cross, and Mrs. E. r. Piori, 47l8
South Thirtieth street, Arlington, a
housewife.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Silver Spring Woman,
Grandmother, Wins !.
Mrs. Maryland Title

Mrs. Nellie Proctor Hewitt, ST.
year-old Silver Spring grandmother
who had six sons In World War II
and has won acclaim for her baking
and civic activities. was awarded the
title of Mrs. Maryland" last night
and handed a check for $500 in
Baltimore.
Mrs. Hewitt was declared winner
of contest conducted at the Bet
ter Homes Exhibit by the Real
Estate Board of Baltimore and the
Home Builders Association. The
judges decision was based on phys
ical attractiveness, homemaking
ability and outside activities.
Mrs. Hewitt was in the news last
week with the announcement by
a Washington baking company that
her recipe for bread was so out
standing it would be used on a
commercial basis for County Fair
bread.
A Red Cross nurses aide, Mrs.
Hewitt is the mother of nine chill
dren and the grandmother of five.
Her husband, the late Frank
Hewitt, was a captain in World
War I. He died three years ago.
Mrs. Hewitt likes to sing. She
has written several songs and poems
which have been copyrighted. She
belongs to the National Capital
Orchid Society and has been doing
Red Cross work at Walter Reed
and Gallinger Hospitals.
Today she. was at the infirmary
of the Bliss Electrical School in
Takoma Park, substituting as a
nurse.
Mrs. Hewitt chose to take the $500
award in preference to a California
trip alone, or to Florida or New
York with a member of her family.
She entered the Mrs. Maryland
contest, she said, after reading a
story in The Star. She was crowned
by Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Of
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Volunteer Firemen Elect
Spencer Brown President

Spencer ]. H. Brown of Sandy
Spring was elected president of the
Montgomery County Association of
volunteer Firemen at the closing
session Of the associations silver
jubilee convention in Kensington.
Mr.. Brown, who succeeds Henry
Marschalk Of Takoma Park as pres
ident, defeated ChiA Joseph A.
Giammatteo of Glen Echo by one
vote.
Mr.. Brown is a charter member
and former chief of the Sandy
Spring department, which was
started in 1924.
Unanimously elected treasurer at
the convention Saturday night was
Victor H. Bender, Silver Spring.
The new president will name sec
retary.
Circuit Judge Stedman Prescott
was principal speaker at a banquet
before the elections.
The new Burtonsville Volunteer
Fire Department applied for men,
bership in the association. The
matter will be voted on at the next
meeting, October 16, at Damascus.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Virginia vFW 10 Request
Increased State Benefits
BY the Assoeioied Press

RICHMOND, Va. Sept. 29.-Les-
ter H. Mitchell of Roanoke, depart
ment commander of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, said yesterday that
State officials of the VFW would
appear before Virginia legislative
commission here Wednesday in be-
half of increased benefits for
servicemen.
Leroy S. Bendheim of Alexandria,
vice commander, and w. l. Wood
dell Of Staunton. department adju-
tant, will present the proposals.
Their report will include rec
ommendation for adjusted compen-
sation at $40 day with a
maximum of $500 for each veteran,
and more substantial State appro-
priations for agencies dealing with
veterans employment and rehabili-
tation. Another recommendation
will be that all prosecuting attor-
neys :be required to present to the
court complete war and disability
record for any veteran charged in
criminal proceedings.
Mr. Mitchell. who addressed the
VFW's fall Administrative Council
meeting, received Membership
Committee report showing there
are $50 posts throughout the State.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Third Victim Of Air Crash
-
Found on Eastern Shore
BY the Associoted Press

SALISBURY, Md, Sept. 2s.-The
body of a third victim of an air.
plane crash, which at first was be-
lfeved to have caused only two
deaths, was discovered last night in
heavily wooded area, Is miles east
of here.
William Michael Duncan, %, of
Cumberland and Preston Stanley
Stirling, 10, Crisfield, were found
dead beside the wreckage shortly
after the plane hit a pine tree and
crashed Saturday.
Later. Richard Nelson, 40-year -old
Crisf1eld oyster packer, was reported
missing and two youths, members of
a searching party, found his body
last night about $50 yards from the
wrecked craft more than "a hours
after the accident.
DR.. L. A. Rodemaker, assistant
medical examiner for Wicomico
County, said Mr.. Nelson apparently
fell or jumped from the plane be-
fore the crash. A witness had re-
ported that the plane was about $50
feet of the ground when it sud-
denly plunged downward.
State police said engine failure
probably caused the accident.
Evening star., 1947-09-29

The effect of the national anti
waste campaign during the later
war years Is obvious from this ta-
BILE. But when the war was ending
Washingtonians began to throw
more into the garbage can. The
estimate by the ONCE Of William
A. Xanten, supervisor of city refuse
was that in fiscal 1947 the figure
would be up to 143 pounds per per-
son, but actually the upward trend
turned about and took nose dive.
The reason, MIR. Xanten believes, is
high prices.
The figures used to compile the
above table do not include garbage
collected from hotels and restau-
rants, which is about half of that
collected from homes. Exact figures
are not available for these collec-
tions. and it may be that people
eating out were more careless than
those who ate at home.
Conservation Program a Factor.
But 1t seems likely that the war
time conservation program had its
effect on hotel and restaurant eat
ers, too, especially during the period
OF gray bread and while walters
were not putting bread on the
table unless the customer asked
for it.
1t is impossible to estimate ac-
curately the amount of edible
garbage which is thrown out be-
cause the collection figures not
only include uneaten bits of sirloin
steak and slices of bread, but also
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Woman Fined in ruffic Case
BIumes Advice of Policeman

A woman motorists was found
guilty on charge of passing a
red light in Arlington County Court
today after telling the court she
crossed complicated intersection
exactly as she had been told to do
by policeman year ago.
Mrs. Vivian M. QueisSer, 1909
South Thomas street, Arlington.
was fined S. plus S425 costs by
Judge Hugh Reid on a charge of
passing red light at Lee bouie-
ward, Glebe road and North Oak
land street. Mrs. Queisser was
given ticket by County Policeman
William Perry last Monday.
Policeman Perry told the Judge
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Congress Urged
To Pass Bill on
Po||utionContro|
Revercomb Appeals
For Action to Cleanse
Rivers and Hurbors

Senator Revercomb, Republican, of
West Virginia. has expressed the
hope to his constituents that legis-
lation to aid in the control and
abatement of stream pollution would
soon be enacted by Congress.
In broadcast yesterday over
West Virginia stations, Senator
Revercomb said that while no steps
should be taken to destroy the places
of production and work, every means
should be taken within that nmita-
ton to cleanse the waters of this
country.
1T Is a question of the health of
our people" the Senator sad, land
certainly is a matter of grave public
concern"
Discusses Pollution Bill.
The West Virginia Senator, who is
chairman of the Senate Public
Works Committee, discussed the
Barkley-Taft pollution control bill
which passed the Senate at the last
session of Congress and will be pend
ing before the House when Congress
convenes.
The bill has been Endorsed by the
Interstate Commission on the Po-
tomac River Basin and other pollu-
tion control agencies.
Senator Revercomb explained
that under the bill loans would be
authorized to States, cities, inter-
state agencies and industries in
amounts not to exceed one-third of
the cost of control OF pollution
abatement projects.
The program would be prepared
by the Public Health Service.
Policy Outlined.
"The policy. under the proposed
law. is to encourage cooperative
activities between the States to-
ward abatement of pollution condi-
tions," the Senator said.
The Federal Government does
not step in to take over absolute
control of the question but has left
it up to the localities and the States
to say whether or not they desire
their waters clear and clean and aid
is offered to bring about this needed
cleasing of our streams and har-
bors."
This bill offers the opportunity
to proceed with this good work.
There is no reason why within a
few years. the pollution of the wa
tiers Of this country should not be 50
minimized so as to remove a menace
to health that threatens to grow
yearly"
Members on Cruise.
Meanwhile members of the Inter-
state Commission on the Potomac
River Basin, who returned yester-
day from a three-day cruise on the
Chesapeake Bay as guests of Mary
land, were making plans for an ac-
tive campaign to correct pollution
in the Potomac River in the Wash
ington area. =
Already, commission members
pointed out, much has been done
that will show results within the
next year. In the near future sew
age from the Maryland suburban
area will be treated at the Blue
Plains plant, thus correcting a seri-
Gus condition in the Anacostia River.
Conferences will be held in an ef-
fort to speed plans to correct pollu-
ton from Virginia communities, and
it is expected that other towns be-
tween Washington and the Cumber-
land area soon will begin plans to
treat their sewage.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Tukomu Club to Hear
Botunist Tonight

Dr.. William Stuart, botanist. will
address the Takoma Horticultural
Club at 8 o'clock tonight at the Ia
koma Branch Public Library, Fifth
and Cedar streets NV.
Members will complete arrange
ments for the annual exhibit of
dahlias and Fall flowers, to be held
next month at the library. j. Mark
Alberton is In charge of arrange
ments.
Evening star., 1947-09-29

Mrs. Queisser came out of North
Oakland street and went south on
Gebe road while the traffic light
was red for Lee boulevard. which
crosses Glebe road at right angles
and is about so feet from North
Oakland street.
Mrs. Queisser explained that she
did this because she was stopped
about a year ago by another County
policeman when she pulled out of
Oakland street and waited for the
light to turn green for Lee boule-
ward traffic.
Attorney Glenn Deem was re-
tanned by Mrs. Queisser to appeal
to the Circuit Court.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Bill to Tax Bachelors
Proposed in Virginia
By the Assoeioted Press

LYNCHBURG, Va, Sept. o.
A group of Lynchburg men is try
ing to sell Representative Almond
Democrat, of Virginia, on the idea
of sponsoring bill to tax bachelors
Lumberman w. H. Burruss, one of
the leaders of the movement, said
he wanted the tax revenues used for
Joint home for spinsters and
bachelors"
Representative Almond has prom
iSed to think 1t over.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Student Killed When Gun
In Auto Is Discharged
BY the Assoeiofed Press

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 29.-A
Saturday night college dating party
ended in tragedy yesterday when
a 19-year-old Martinsville student
died at Richmond hospital from
a gunshot wound in the head.
Police reported that Darwin De-
mostheneS Lester, a student at North
Carolina State College, was killed
when a .22-caliber pistol resting on
the sun visor in the Car he was
driving discharged a bullet into his
head.
With Young Lester at the time
of the accident were three Martins
vile companions who attended high
school together. The dead youth
was the son Of G. T. Lester, sr.,
Martinsville lumberman.
Evening star., 1947-09-29

a "chaK-taK'
cartoonist would
have just about
all he could do.
You would be
pretty sure of it
If you knew he
lived In Green
b elt, preached
at Seat Pleas
ant, worked in
the District and
travelled around
with his ar
tooniSt's easel.
But the Rev.
Elmer A. Reno
t h ks differ
NE~ D.~1 &,,-1
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Stote Workers Group
To Meet in MARYLAND
By NE Assosiotsd Press

BALTIMORE. Sept. 20. Salary
increases to meet rising costs OF
living will be studied by the annual
convention Of the Maryland Classi-
fled Employees Association, Inc,
opening here October 6.
The organization represents more
than 5000 of the States classified
workers. Gov. Lane is among the
scheduled speakers.
Evening star., 1947-09-29

MT. Reno ought 70 Know. He does
all those things.
And now he's publishing and edit
ing newspaper!
The paper, weekly known as The
Suburban Reporter. made its ap-
pearance last week and was dis
tributed to residents of the Capitol
Heights Seat Pleasant Maryland
Park area.
An eight-page tabloid, It Is to be
published every Friday. It was
started, Mr.. Reno said In an intro
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Fire in Bed Costs Life
Of Frederick Veteran
By the Assoeio,sd Press

FREDERICK, Md, Sept. 90
Thomas Noble Harwood, SO, a World
War II veteran, was burned to death
yesterday when his bed caught fire
from cigarette, Sheriff Guy Anders
reported.
Mr.. Anders said Mr.. Harwood' s
sister, Jean Harwood, smelled smoke
and went into his room to find the
bed in flames. Besides his sister.
Mr.. Harwood leaves his mother,
Mrs. Dolly M. Harwood, and four
brothers.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Walter Reed PTA to Meet

DR.. Don S. Patterson of the United
States ONCE of Education will speak
at the first fall meeting of the
Parent Teacher Association of the
Walter Reed School in Arlington at
pm. Wednesday in the school.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Eastern Livestock Show
Lists $35,000 in Prizes
By the Associated Prass

BALTIMORE. Sept. 29.-The 1947
Eastern National Livestock Show.
opening at the Timonium fair
grounds November II for a three
Gay stand, will decide winners of
s35,000 in cash prizes, according to
Richard c. Riggs, show president.
Started l9 years ago as the fat
stock show, it has been expanded
this year to include three breeding
cattle classes, Mr.. Riggs said.
Evening star., 1947-09-29
District Families Scrope Platter Clean, Cutting
Waste to Wartime Low, Garbage Study Shows
Little Food Needed
In Europe Found
Discarded Here
By Chalmers M. Roberts

The Citizens Food Committee will
have to look elsewhere than in the
garbage cans of Washington house.
wives if it is going to conduct a
successful waste less" campaign,
as advocated by President Truman,
a survey made clear today.
Washingtonians began scraping
the platter cleaner during the war,
and-judging from the latest figures
on city garbage disposal-the plat
ter Is as clean today as ever in his
tory.
There is some waste, of course,
but the evidence available indi-
Gates that not much of it involves
the vital grains NEEDED so much by
the remainder of the world. In
stead 1t appears that Senator Taft's
"eat less" suggestion is more in
order, at least so far as the house.
wife here is concerned.
: Seven Years Compared.
Here are the per capita garbage
collection figures for each of the
last seven fiscal years lending on
June 80 of the year given, OBJ
tanned by dividing the official
garbage collection figures by the
estimated population for each
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Cubs to Hear EurIy WYNN

Early Wynn, Washington pitcher,
will talk on baseball and perform
rope tricks for Cub Scouts Of Arling-
ton Pack 1855, at 8 o'clock tonight in
the Cherrydale firehouse.
Evening star., 1947-09-29

You would think man who is a !
full-time minister, works regularly
as an engineer, addresses civic club !
meetings and spends spare time as
Evening star., 1947-09-29
Here's Your Menu for Tuesday
On 1888 Week for -Four
Tuesdays Menu

IueSooy S menu
Breakfast
Grapefruit Sections
Soft-cooked Eggs
Toast Margarine
Milk for Children
Coffee for Grown-ups
Lunch
Baked Macaroni Green Beans
Shredded Raw Carrots
Bread Margarine
Oatmeal and Prune Pudding
Oatmeal left from Monday
breakfast)
Milk
Dinner
Liver Pattie Baked Potato
Baked Squash
Tossed Green Salad Favored With
Chopped Crisp Bacon
Bread Margarine
Fruit in Season Milk
Kodiak mirror., 1947-03-29
Letter To The Eojtor

An open letter to the citizens of 1 Kodiak, the Mayor and City Councils 1 We listened at the council meeting last Monday evening to a report of the financial affairs of the City of Kodiak as compil-I ed by MT. Marshall Crutcher, for the year ending March 30th, 1946 (not this past years opera tions, but the year before.) It brought forth facts of the great increase in the assessment value of the property within the city 'limiJs". These limits, how ever, included that area extend ing beyond Carl Biunstad's prop erty on the Mission Road, which, we now find, and which the pres ,ent council knew for many months past, to be beyond the city limits. Thus the report of ''the assessment value of the City of Kodiak, as shown by MT. Crutcher's report does not in any way reflect the true state of the city's affaus. This Is no reflection up.n Mir. Crutcher, who makes hls audit from mater ial furnished him and so certifies
 Consideration was no gwen to the fact, Tn making this re- port, that new assessment roll had been made up, increasing m value much of the properGy-an arbitrary procedure winch was adopted for the sole reason that an increase In value was desired to increase the borrowing power of the city. Raising assessment values is done, only becau, e It IS not legal to have 8 tax rate ln excess of 20 mills Ever since thls city has been incorporated we have. been taxed the highest rate that caa be legally collect ed. The higher the assessment of property, the more taxes are paid. Yet We only kid ourselves when we increase the assessment value of property It is like hav- ling a $5 bill, saying it is worth l S1O and eventually b lieving It ! actually is. The true assessment 1 value of property is what 1t will actually bring at forced sale Us- ling this as 8 basis, most proper. ty in the city of Kodi k is over (centinued on page 9)
Evening star., 1947-12-20

daily, collection q BYZANTINE and related
stitution avenue between Seventh and
Ninth streets, open S:45 am. to 5:15 pm
weekdays, and 80 to pm: SUNDAYS and
and World War II paintings on recruiting
and on the role Of. the Army from the
Revolutionary War through World War II,
Hall, Seventeenth and D streets NV, open
m so album Of
sions, through December.
Washington Workshop .Co-operative,
2020 MASSACHUSETTS, avenue NV; open 2
Jacob Kainen, Laura Douglas, Walter
s;1aH SarnslIi Sd.a ard other washington artists,
Watkins Gallery. American University
campus, Nebraska and Massachusetts, ave-
nues NV, open am to, pm; daily;
ture by members OF the Artists Guild,
! LibTary Of Csns9sss First "a and II East Car
Monday through Friday. am. to s p IN.
original Leeock Abbey copy Of the Magma
ment until December Is, 194S; original
manuscript, Of Lincoln,s three-page auto
biography" for an indefinite period; pho
by Frances B. Johnson through December;
documents and correspondence of Abra-
ham Lincoln. for an indefinite period;
Some Aeronautcs Experiments" an ad-
dress presented by Wilbur Wright before
Western Society of Engineers in Chicago.
1901. describing Wright Brothers expert
ments, shown with early photographs; ex-
hibit commemorating 50th anniversary Of
opening of main building, through Decem-
ber; Dayton c. Miller collection of flutes
and related materials, through December;
Finnish books received on exchange from
University of Helsinski through December;
exhibit marking centennial Of settlement
Evening star., 1947-12-20
\X&::;: i 5:

DANCES.
5sr Clock sklxtssn, top,abt and Streets n W. $50
s sfSEms ss.. aaSeS with ocR SssRestrs son.b
From Falls Church to Camp Comfort
Va about nine miles. auspices Wander
pres 9irns H.iking t.a clYb 1 meet at Arnold Bus
and F streets NV. in time for 9:25 am.
bus tomorrow.
of the Latter1dsy SAINTS, O'clock tonisht.
. SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
Artists co;"peratiye' % i $50 M street
mas sales exhibit, Including paintings.
etchings, ceramic jewelry and dishes and
nfolls f, by artists OF Washington and vicn-
Corcoran Gallery of Art Seventeenth
street. ct ! and and New York avenue NV open
TO eS t4oash Frdsys s sm to
SUNDAYS and holidays: Alexander James
Memorial Exhibition through January 4;
uary 1; recent accessions in 10th century
american drawings. through January 81:
water colors by artists of WASHINGTON
ndente sEaRhle arss peTod n collectors room for
NJ Bush and Weeks Gallery, 2o1o 8 street
Iozsf MM eg,saa epen to 9 Pm daily; paintings by
sarast Hd.n nFeaih Saisrg, Re'f@9eF ia7 Randolph
place Nv. open 6 to 1 pm. weekdays
ana 2 to pm. Sundays: THE Negro
woman" exhibition of paintings, sculpture
ana graphic prints by Elizabeth Catlett,
National Gallery Of Art. Constitution
avenue and Sixth street NV, open 10
m. to IN. weekdays, to 10 p m. Sun
gays; paintings and sculpture comprising
lections,. and gifts from other donors for
an indefinite period: war portraits of per
Sonnei OF the naval service, for an in
definite period.
Public Library, Art Division, Central
5ranch, Eighth and X streets NV, open
am to nm. weekdays: illuminations
through December
Fish and Wildlife Service. under main
Fourteenth and E streets NV, open 9
am. to pm. daily; display OF animals
and fresh-water fish, for an indefinite
Dumbarton Oaks Museum, Thirty first
and R streets NV, open am. to pm.
Evening star., 1947-12-20

supply electric service forthwith"
in the co-op's territory.
The effect of the commission's
order Is to kill off a cooperative
which was organized in September
to provide service in Charles City,
James City, New Kent, and q por-
ton OF Hanover counties. Resi-
dents of the area testified before the
commission last week that they had
been unable to obtain service from
Vepco.
Evening star., 1947-12-20
Ruling Kills orr Virginia
Power Cooperative
BY the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 20.-The
State Corporation Commission yes
terday denied an application from
the recently-organized Chickahom-
my Electric Cooperative for per-
mission to borrow an initial s279,-
900 from the Rural Identification
Administration, and ordered the
Virginia Electric & Power Co. to