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Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29
BRIDGEVILLE

On Monday afternoon, Mrs. How
ard Grossnickle was among those
who attended the dinner party given
by Mrs. Harry Mahew at the MAY
IL" cottage in Slaughter Beach.
Cards were enjoyed during the
evening.
Mrs. Robert Smith and Mrs. Will
liam Stuart have returned home
from a weeks visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Walton Smith, at their cottage
in RehobOth.
Miss Margaret Smith and Miss
Jackie Hoffecker OF Washington,
d. c., spent last week in Oak Orch
ard as guest of Mrs. David Bender.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Wiley have
returned to their home in Ardsley,
Pa, after a ten day visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Orton Webb,
Miss Mary Wiley is spending a
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn
Esham at their FenW:cK Island cot
age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Short spent
the weekend with Mrs. Shorts
sister, Mrs. Asbury Passwaters, OF
Chester, Pa.
Miss Annie Fleming of Green
wood is visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Orton Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Lewis have
returned from their wedding triT
where they spent a weeG in the Po
como mountains.
The Ladies Auxiliary have pre-
sented the Bridgevilie Tire Co. will
twelve bed sheets to be USED in thu
newly acquired ambulance. Thf'
was a very fine contribution enc
made a valuable addition to thu
ambulance equipment.
Mrs. Charles Noble and son, Bill
ly, are in Cleveland, Ohio, as guests
of Mrs. Mobiles relatives, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Joseph Childs.
Mrs. John S. Hoffecker of Wash
ington, D. c., is visiting her mother
Mrs. T. S. Smith at her home el
Main Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert R, jefferson
and daughter. Alice, were recen
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Murra
at their Fenwick Island cottage.
Mrs. Holland Cannon and famil
left Saturday for a weeks stay a
Rehoboth. Miss Alice Jefferson an
Miss Dorothy Swain were guests c
Mrs. Cannon during the week.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29
ROXANA
Preaching service sunday morn-

Preaching service Sunday morn
ing.
Mrs. Della Quillen of East Lans-
downe, Pa, is spending some time
with her sister, Mrs. Addie Lynch.
Mrs. Lonnie Bennett of Federals-
burg, Md, is also house guest of
Mrs. Lynch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bennett of
Schenectady, N. Y, is spending this
week with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cove A. Bennett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Coffin and
children were dinner guests Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Shen-
ton, at Berlin.
Mrs. Clifford Jones is i'll! at Bee
be Hospital, Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Middleton of
Frankford, were dinner guests Fri
day of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wilgus.
Mrs. Hilda McCabe has returned
home from Milford Memorial Hos
pital. ~
Rev. and Mrs. ]. T. Graham Of
Bishopville, called on friends here
Sunday. =.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29

first grade pupils, will go TO the
auditorium until new room assign
ments have been put into effect.
Miss Isabel Houser, Miss Lillian
Houser, Mr.. George Webb, and Mr..
Joseph NJ. Lank, of Milford. were
Wednesday evening visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Gross
nickle.
Miss Delema Radcliffe of Will
mington and sister, Miss Mary Rad
cliff of Philadelphia, are guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Newton at
their Slaughter Beach cottage.
Last week Mrs. Ira Bennett and
her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Brock
CHANGED off two lovely cakes, the
proceeds going towards the ambu-
lance fund. The cakes were made
by Mrs. Ellis Myer and Mrs. Will
liam Quillen and were on display
in the window of the Calhoun Radio
GO. The cakes were won by Wanda
Stuart and Frank Swift. F. Joseph
Wiley, president of the Bridge
'AAAS AAS OOhAPohJJ ohhOunCSu IlAC
winners, and thanked Mrs. Bennett
and her helpers for their splendid
work. A total of $33.85 was turned
over to the fund from this project.
Mrs. Max Hubenet of Vineland,
N. j., is spending some time with
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Thompson. Mr.. HUI
benet will leave shortly by plane
to visit his ninety-three-year-Old
mother in the Netherlands.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Kehlenbrink
are receiving congratulations on the
birth of daughter, Marie Louise
Sunday, August oath, in the Milford
Memorial Hospital.
Milton Veterans Carnival, Sept
Ais. Parade on Monday evening,
Sept. 8. 1947 Buick will be given
away Sept. Is. Sponsored Jointly
by Milton American Legion Post
Broadkiln Post 1884. v. F. w. To-
gether in War-together in Peace
There are more tnan $4,000 In
y
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29

Be careful of the kind of food
baby is fed in hot weather, pediatri-
clans warn. Offer water often be-
tween feelings. Babies lose great
deal of body moisture through per-
spiration on warm days.
Milford chronicle., 1947-08-29

There are more rnan $4,000 In
dians in Canada.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Markey Aide Predicts
$4,000 Challenges
BY the Associated Press

Charles Ruzicka, counsel for D
John Markey, defeated Republican
who is contesting the election last
fall of Senator O'Conor, Democrat
Of Maryland said yesterday a re-
count of 100000 votes in II counties
was expected to result in $4,000 con-
tested ballots.
Mr.. Ruzicka told reporters that
10000 of a total of $4,000 votes in
Baltimore County alone had been
challenged by attorneys for either
Mr.. Markey or Senator O'Conor.
The Senate Rules Committee laid
down procedure to be followed in
Judging whether a ballot is valid or
invalid. These rules adhere strictly
to the Maryland law, which states
ballots with any other identifying
mark than an X in the box should
be thrown out
Under this formula, ballots with s
dash or dot on the face would be in.
valid.
Mr.. Ruzicka said, however, tina
attorneys debated now on such ques.
tions as whether dot is light dol
or a heavy dot"
He said the present rate of prog.
ress in ruling on the disputed ballots
was 200 to 800" day. He added il
was hoped to speed this up to 2,00(
daily.
Senator O'Conor won the election
by an offlcial State margin of. 2,232
q lead which was whitfield down by
426 in q recheck of voting machine
totals in Baltimore City and Mont.
eomery County.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Nursing Service Is CUT
In Montgomery Areas

Beside nursing service provided BY
the Montgomery County Health
Fund and the Health Department
for the Olney, Laytonsville anc
Colesville districts has been dis.
continued and can not be resumed
without additional appropriations
1t was announced today.
DR.. v. L. Ellicott, health officer
and Mrs. Madge H. Longley, director
Of the health fund, in a joint an
nouncement, declared bedside nurs-
ing In these areas has been carried
on as a demonstration for several
years with money from the health
fund, Community Chest organiza-
ton.
The health fund has asked the
health department to take over the
service as a regular part of its pro-
gram, but no additional public
health nurses are allowed in the new
county budget and the service can
not be carried out except for very
urgent cases." the announcement
declared.
Two more nurses would be needed
to provide this service through all
rural portions of the county and ii
one additional nurse is employed
later in the fiscal year the service
can be resumed in the area, they
said
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Members Of Congress to Get
Virginia Stickers for I uqs

Representative Smith has turned
over to Miss Mabel Haller, House
District Committee clerk. a letter
from c. F. Joyner, commissioner OF
the Virginia Division of Motor We
hicles, containing official authority
for the new reciprocity.
She will receive applications from
members of Congress for the
stickers.
The applications will be filed with
j. j. Shelton of the, Arlington office
of the Division of Motor Vehicles,
located at l03 South Edgewood
street.
The privilege will be extended
also to one principal secretary
Maryland has not yet established
reciprocity.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Abandoned Car Believed
Used 10 Carry Stolen Safe

A 1947 automobile believed by
police to have been used by thieves
to transport a 400-pound safe con-
tanning $4,000 in cash and jewelry
from a Culpeper CVa) restaurant was
found abandoned just south of Alex
andria near the Belle Haven Coun-
try Club late yesterday.
Alexandria police said that the
car contained a sales ticket from a
Culpeper firm and evidence of hav-
ing been used to move heavy
object. They were examining it to-
day for fingerprints. 1t had been
reported stolen from near the Hunt
ing Terrace apartments late Tues
day. ..:
The thieves apparently pried open
the front door of the Ritz High Hat
restaurant at Culpeper early Wed
nerday and rolled the safe out on
the main street to a waiting car.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
County Hearing Asked
On Taxi Law Change

JamsssH. Pugh, who is represent
ingsforH Bethesda taxieab companies
in their; attempt to. 6hange certain
provisions of the Montgomery taxi
cab ordinance said today he will
seek a hearing on the matter before
the County Commissioners.
The four companies, which en-
ploy about 100 drivers, have served
notice they will not comply with
the ordnance unless their demands
are met.
Mr.. Pugh made his announcement
after a telephone conference with
County Public Utilities Agent Al
bert E. Conradis. Mr.. Conradis
said the demands were "too radical
and the matter would have to be
discussed directly with the commits
sioners.
Although the ordinance became
effective Tuesday, Mr.. Conradis has
announced he will not enforce ii
until copies of the taxicab zones
and rates are ready for distribution
by August l.
The principal objection of the
taxicab operators concerns the es-
tablishment of a 25-cent fare fol
Zone l, which comprises the Be-
thesda business district. They have
previously been charging so cents.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Conradis an
nounced that application blanks
fer the registration and licensing
of tacixab operators will be available
Monday at the Bethesda and Silver
Spring County Buildings.
Mr.. Conradis said that because
part of the year has expired, the
$50 taxicab license, fee is being re-
duced to $37 so and the $40 fee for
each operator is being cut to $3.50
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Legion Urges Smith
To Support Virginia
Veterans Hospital

Ten American Legion officials
representing A Legion posts in the
9th congressional district of Vir-
ginia, today met with Representa-
tive Smith, Democrat, of Virginia
to ask his cooperation in obtaining
a Veterans Administration hospital
in the northern area Of the State
Clinton Knight, of Alexandria,
past Virginia Department CON-
mander of the Legion, presented
two petitions advocating establish.
ment of the hospital and passage
of a military training bill. The petit
tions were adopted during the an
nual convention of the Northern
Virginia Legion posts, held In Alex
andria last month.
Nevius Site Opposed.
Mr.. Smith assured the Legion
officials he favored a veteran hos
pital in that section of the State
but pointed out he had opposed
building one on the controversial
Nevius site in Arlington because the
tract was unsuitable and extraya-
gent"
He said he would oppose the hos
pital plan until the Veterans Ad-
ministration abandoned their pro-
posal to build one on that tract.
The lawmaker said there were
many other areas in the northern
section aof the Glats would be much
rs GosfHEto pnrcAsse. Amongs his
6ther OBJECTIONS to the prop9sed
building site, he said, was the fact
the new hospital would overlook
Arlington National Cemetery.
"This would be bad for the morale
Of dangerously i'll patients" he said.
Favors Military Training.
Mr.. Smith said he favored the
adoption Of a universal military
training plan, although he said he
reserved the right to vote for the
proposal I think is the best"
He said no matter what the con-
tents of the bill now being drawn
up, he would vote that it be pre-
sented on the floor OF the House
when it reached the House Rules
Committee, of which he Is a
member.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Hospital Attendant Fined
SIS in Death OF Patient
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

STAUNTON, Va, July 18.-As-
sistant Police Justice William s.
Moffett. jr., in Police Court has
imposed fine of $75 and costs and
a four month suspended sentence
on James w. Wilhelm, former at
tendant at Western State Hospital
charged with maltreatment of a
patient who died.
Wilhelm entered plea of guilty
Wilhelm was dismissed by the
hospital after the death last April
10 of Daniel Struder. Common
wealth's Attorney Fitzhugh Elder
jr., declined to take any action
against Wilhelm in connection with
Mr.. Struder's death on the ground
of insufficient evidence.
On May 8, the State Hospital
Board decided to request the Com
monwealth's attorney to consider
new evidence in the patients death
and Mr.. Elder proceeded with the
misdemeanor charge against VIII
helm.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Boiley to Be Speaker
At Charter Group Picnic

Howard p. Bailey will give brief
explanation of the Montgomery
County charter to be voted on at
the next general election at picnic
at 4 pm. Saturday on the farm Of
Thomas c. Kelley near Darnestown.
Md.
The even will be sponsored by the
Montgomery County Charter Conn
mittee. Members of the arrange-
ments committee are Mrs. Jennings
Bailey, jr., chairman; Washington
II. Cleveland, Robert Hanson, Plum:
mer N. Shearin and Mr.. Bailey.
Guests wishing to reserve box
supper should telephone Oliver 1776.
Mrs. w. C. Hanson, Mrs. Sterling
Bowman, Mrs. Mason Deland and
Mrs. Florence K. B. Cleveland will
act as hostesses.
Evening star., 1947-07-18

Virginia has agreed to furnish
members of Congress who reside
temporarily in the nearby Virgins
area with so-called reciprocity
stickers so that they will not neeo
to buy Virginia auto tags, it was
learned today.
The arrangement was worked out
by Representative Smith, Democrat,
of Virginia through the Division OF
Motor Vehicles at Richmond.
The system will operate like that
already in effect in the District
of Columbia. Members of Congress
residing in Washington are not re-
quired to purchase District tags but
are issued a reciprocity" sticker
for their cars. These are good until
the expiration of their home State
tags. ---
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Southeast Dial Center
Opening Tomorrow 10
Speed Phone Service

The new $3,3o0,ooo dial center Of
the Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. will be put in operation
at midnight tomorrow, the company
announced today.
Opening of the new dial Office,
part of a general construction pro-
gram to meet the expanding tele-
phone needs of Metropolitan Wash
ington, will mean immediate faster
service to many of the company's
present customers in the Southeast
area, officials said. Within a few
weeks about $4,000 persons in South
east Washington who have been
waiting for telephones, will have
them, j. B. Morrison, company gen.
eral manager, said.
The office, located at Twenty
eighth and N streets Sc, is one of
the first large new dial centers to
be completed since the war ended.
The project is part of the company S
5000 900 expansion program start
ed in 1945.
The Office building provides about
10000 square feet of floor space. 1t
features red brick with limestone
trimmings in the colonial style and
is fireproof throughout. 1t cost
100000
The project includes about 7 miles
of underground conduit and 81 miles
of cable. The cables include almost
$4,000 miles of copper wire.
Mr.. Morrison said the opening of
the new center does not mean that
every one in Southeast Washington
who wants a telephone will get one
at once. Numerous re-arrangements
of outside plant facilities are neces-
sary before all orders can be filled,
he explained.
Ground for the new project was
broken February 8, 1916. Its COM
pletion in II months is a record for
the company.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Baltimore Soaked
| In 4-Hour Storm;
| Roofs aiken off
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, July lS.-Balti-
more dried out today after four
hour thunderstorm which left 1s
feet of water at one place, ripped
off roofs, uprooted trees and struck
the city with at least four bolts OF
lightning.
A life .preserver was thrown to
one motorist stranded in six feet OF
water at .Masonville. ~
Mrs. Julie Finkelstein was treated
for shock after lightning struck a
trolley car at the height of the
storm. Three buildings also were
struck.
The Southern Hospital. an insti-
tuition for elderly persons, was
among four buildings which had
rooms taken away in winds which
meteorologists believed approached
rs miles an hour - hurricane
velocity.
Hailstones the size of marbles
also fell during the storm, residents
reported.
The weather bureau recorded 2.43
inches of rain between 8 pm. and
| 7p.m.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
2 EIkton Women Most Honest
MoryIunders, Tax Officials Soy

announced that recapping OF tires Is
subject to the retail levy.
Many tires being recapped are
for resale" he said. when they are
marketed to consumers the sales tax
must be paid
More than $4,000 licenses to coll
lect the tax have been issued to date.
walter e. Kennedy, chief OF the
retail sales tax division of the State
controllers Office said the division
does not intend to employ a Dig
stick" in enforcing the tax law. but
added that mo Indulgence" would
be shown deliberate violators.
Many violations are due to igno-
rance on the part Of storekeepers
and similar reasons, Mr.. Kennedy
said. In such cases the division will
assume q cooperative attitude
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Work on BottIeships
Shifted From Norfolk
BY the Asseeiated Press

PORTSMOUTH, Va. July 1s.-
Because of a heavy work load at
the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, the
battleship Missouri will be sent to
New York for overhaul and the
battleship Wisconsin. scheduled for
overhaul in New York later in the
year, will be sent to Portsmouth.
Explaining the trade, officials here
said the New York Naval Shipyard
now has a relatively light work load.
The vessels are sister ships and
the work to be done on them is to
be virtually identical, the officials
said. @
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Progressive Democrats
10 Hold Arlington Rally

A political rally sponsored by the
Progressive Democrats of Arlington
will be held at 8 pm. Thursday in
the Washington-Lee High School,
4035 Thirteenth street, Arlington,
it was announced today by Harold
L. Schilz, chairman of the Progress
i've Democrats.
An invitation to address the rally
has been extended to Martin A.
Hutchinson, Richmond attorney
Mr.. Schilz said. Mr.. Hutchinson
ran against Senator Byrd in the
Democratic Senatorial primary last
summer.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Bill for GAO Building
Awaits Action by House

A bill to authorize a larger Genera
Accounting Office building than orig.
inally was approved by Congress al
Fourth and G streets NV. went or
the House calendar today, with pros
poets 1t may receive approval before
adjournment of this session.
Approved unanimously by the
House Public Works Committee yes
terday, the measure would author
ize the limit of cost of the structure
be increased to $22,850,000. A sum
of $5,000,000 left over from the
original appropriation still is on
hand for use of the Federal Works
Agency for the project. But the
pending bill would forbid any new
appropriations for the building until
the fiscal year 1850.
Chairman McGregor of the House
Public Buildings subcommittee said
he hopes to call up the measure for
action as soon as he can.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
All Witnesses Face
Renewed Questioning
In Plank Mystery

A clearer ture Of events lea
up to the fatal shooting Of Nofffafi
lie Roy Plank will be sought by Fair
fax CountyntnciaB tomorrow in an
interview with persons who have
figured in the mystery.
Commonwealth Attorney Hugh
Marsh will lead an examination OF
the group to get on paper all state
ments previously given and to fill in
gaps with any new facts that might
be uncovered.
Police Chief Carl Mcintosh said
there were many things to be learned
before officials decide whether to file
murder charges. Alvah B. Martin,
20, who was arrested in Kingston,
N. Y, five days after Plank's body
was found in the basement of his
Chesterbrook Woods home, near Falls
Church, is being held.
Suicide Not Ruled Out.
Chief Mcintosh ard Detective
Chief H. T. Magarity have not dis
missed the possibility that Plank,
-year-old Small Claims Court dep
uty clerk, shot himself in the head
with a .22-caliber revolver found
near the body.
One of the things fnterrogators
wish to clear up tomorrow is how
and what time the furniture was
moved around in the house after
Plank's relatives left him there alone
July and before the body was
found July Z. ~
A heavy clothes cabinet was
moved from second-f1oor bedroom
to the basement and other furni-
ture was rearranged on the first
floor. The FBI is studying finger
print samples from the furniture. If
Martins f1ngerprints are not there,
police want to know whose are.
FBI Testing Gun.
Chief Mcintosh said he had not
entirely discarded the suicide theory
because experts had told him long
barreled % such as killed Plank
would not necessarily leave powder
burns if fire at short range. This
would apply particularly If quick
burning powder was used.
The .FBI Is testing the gun to de-
termine from what distance it was
fired.
There is little likelihood that mur-
der charges will be filed in the case
before early next week, Chief Mc1n-
tosh said.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Nv thu Assoeio,ed Press

BALTIMORE, July 1S.-Since
Maryland's 2 per cent sales tax went
into effect July 1, tax officials have
been watching to see who would be
the first ito pay the accompanying
"use tax" on out-of- State purchases.
Yesterday they announced the
most honest" Marylanders were two
Elkton women.
Miss Katharine Bratton, a school,
teacher, went shopping in Whining
ton, DEL, with a friend July 6.
Shortly afterward the State con-
troHer's Office received checks total
ling 50 cents from the two shoppers,
representing per cent OF their pur-
chases.
Meanwhile, Edward r. Englebert,
counsel for the sales tax division,
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Boy HospitoIized os l4th
Spotted Fever Case

Another case Of Rocky Mountain
fever was reported to the Health
Department yesterday. A sevens
year-old boy was brought to Chill.
drens' Hospital from his home In
Marlboro, Md, to make the 14th
case reported in his area this sum.
mer, Five Of the IA cases were
Washington residents. There have
been two deaths. both Washing.
tonians.
Evening star., 1947-07-18
Maryland Troopers
Win Police Pistol Meet
By The Assoeioted Press

= SPARROWS POINT, Md. July Is.
The No. pistol team of the State
police force is holder of the Mary
land Police Association sharpshoot-
ing championship.
The State trooper squad placed
first in team matches sponsored by
the association here. A total of 234
law enforcement marksmen from
oil. sections of Maryland competed.