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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15
Woman Drops Charge
Of Assault Against
.Sprow|s in SHOOTING

A charge of assault with intent
to kill, lodged against DR.. Jesse w
Sprowls, so, University of Mary.
land professor of abnormal psy.
chology and mental hygiene, was
dismissed in Hyattsville Police
Court today after the complainant
said she had no desire to prose
cute" .,
The charge had been made De-
cember 6 by Mrs. Mary Mcdonald
30, of the 600 block of Morse place
NE, who told Hyattsville police
she and three companions had been
fired on by the educator when they
became lost and were attempting
to turn their car around" in the
driveway of DR.. Sprowls' home on
Riggs road, half a mile from Uni
versity lane.
After Mrs. Mcdonald told Substi-
tute Trial Magistrate Henry H
ONeill that she wanted to drop the
charges DR.. SprowPs attorney, j
Frank Lillard, jr., moved that the
charge be dismissed.
Mrs. Mcdonald and her compan-
ions-Mrs. Ida Laird, 81, of the zoe
block of Massachusetts, avenue NE;
James P. Heldreth, rs, of the $500
block of Blue Plains drive S.W., and
Julian E. Weissner, u, of the $500
block of Third place S.W-elected
to forfeit $3.50 collateral each In
the same court on charges by DR.
Sprowls that they were trespassing
the night of the incident.
The educator and one-time news.
paper columnist told police he hao
one blast from a single-barreled
shotgun merely to frighten away
the two women and two men because
he had been bothered by trespassers
Mrs. Mcdonald declared the party
had taken the wrong turn in driv-
ing back to Washington from 8
Maryland night club. When trying
to turn around in DR.. Sprowl's drive
way, the car got stuck. Mrs. Nc
Donald was treated at Prince
Georges General Hospital for cuts
on the leg. No shotgun pellets were
found, hospital attendants said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15
More CuIcite Flowers
Found in Skyline Cove
Special Dispoteh 10 The S,or

LURAY, Va, Dec. 15.-Several ad-
ditional rooms of calcite cave flow
ers, known as anthodites, have been
discovered in the Skyline Caverns
1t was disclosed today.
H. B. Long, caverns owner, said
the rooms will be developed i'm
mediately after the Christmas holi-
days so they may be included on
tours in the season beginning March
10.
Mr.. Long said antl1odites are
created by crystallization processes
in the peculiar local neurological
conditions and that they are found
only In the Skyline Caverns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15
Purdum Chosen to Head
County Boys Clubs Unit

Smith H. Purdum, Hyattsville,
has been elected president of the
Prince Georges County Boys Club,
succeeding Louis A. Arnold.
Other officers named include P. E.
Clark, District Heights, agricultural
agent for Prince Georges County,
vice president; Charles Frownfelter
University Park, secretary, and
Robert T. Pitt, Hyattsville, treas
urer.
Members of the Board of Directors
are County Police Supt. Ralph w.
Brown, Vincent Holochwost, DR..
John T. Maloney, DIR. Louis Burnett,
c. Gerard Buscher, Mrs. George
Babcock, Earl j. Cannon, Joseph
w. Rabbit, Geary Eppley, Louis w.
Kutsch, J. c. Lewis, Harry w. Penn,
Eugene B. Plumer, Harry Styne, jr.,
and Dr.. John Warren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15

Dirksen of the House District Com
mittee. who promised a full inves-
tigation of the school building sit
uation and other school problems.
Mr.. Brown said he would recon-
mend the appointment of John
Morning as special investigator. Mr.,
Morning, colored, was q member OF
the Cleveland Board of Education
for four years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15
Coffmon Heods Committee

The Silver Spring Board of Trade
has elected nominating commit
tee headed by Roy Coffman to select
slate Of officers for election in
January. Other members of the
committee are DR.. w. B. Mehring,
DR.. II. II. Forsyth, James McCann
and John Fagan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15
Dr.. GoIdstein to Deliver
Eleventh WRIGHT Lecture

DR.. Sidney Goldstein, applied
professor at the Uni
versity OF Manchester, England, will
deliver the 18th Wright Brothers
lecture Wednesday at pm. in the
United States Chamber of Com
merce auditorium, Connecticut ave-
nue. and H street NV.
The lecture will be presented by
the Institute of Aeronautical
Sciences and will commemorate the
44th anniversary of the first air
plane fights made by O-ville and
Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk, N. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15
Maryland 'Motorist
Killed Hunting Pipe
Dropped From Car
By the Associated Pres,

FREDERICK, Md, Dec. 15.-
Charles S. Calhoun, 81. was
killed instantly on Route 40
yesterday when he got out Of
his car to look for a pipe he
dropped while knocking out
the ashes.
State Police said Mr.. Cal
houn was on his hands and
knees in the middle of the
road when another car struck
him. Police found the lost
pipe on the running board of
Mr.. Calhoun's car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-12-15
French Books to Be Shown

An exhibition Of French prints
and books from collections in the
National Gallery OF Art and the
Library OF Congress will open at
the National Gallery next Sunday,
David E. Finley, director, an
nounced yesterday.
The frontiersman., 1947-05-21
The Frontier sman
+MRB Etfc1'oN foR Cook |~le7 $ Pow7 '
 O. ARo UmfN1 Berwefm GO Auo AT HfAos

:, The Nation Labor Relation .Boc.rd, will or will not, hold m election in Cook In- let this year to de- termine whe ther CIO or IF of L shall hold barga ing rights for Inlet fishermen. The point of view depends on whe ther the CIO or the IF of L is dis GUS ing the issue.
 IF of L spoke smen say an election has been author ized by the NLRB, to be hold und CT the terr i tor i . l. > Depar tnent of Labor and are now confi- dently owa iting the announc ement of date, time and. place. of the q ac tion.
 CIO officials of the Il cska Fisher- mon's Union just as conf i'd tly ass sert that an NLRB official in Seattle has Wir cd them saying the Board will not hold Gn e1- ec ti on in Cook. Inlet dur ing the pr esent fiscal yeaH (which ends June .3O(:. {:
 However it doos seem clear and has boon conc ceded by CIO r epr . sontatives, that the NLRB has agreed thct Bo ard pr ocedure may be used, should an
 BAIL VARjf1y Morrow (.
The frontiersman., 1947-05-21

NLRB heGds told the governor that t the sit- uation is complex and confus ed and that un- ions are making no effort to clear up the si tuctio on. It was stated thG. t if both ions could get together and clear up is sues inv volvod, the quicke st way to set- tie the q dispute would be by an election, terms and details of which could be agreed upon by both un ons. This is termed a "consent election."
 Ind CT pr esent rul- ing gs, he arings mus t be hold before the NLRB can hold an el- ec ti on. 4 Board spokesman ropor ted that the IF of L re- fuses to end it's s tr ike, even for q hear ing.
The frontiersman., 1947-05-21

Dopor tnle nt Ot Labor
 Me anWhfle, :, GOV srnor Ernest Grueni ing of a1 . asko, now in Washing
 ton, D. c., voiced ( urgont app cal to the NLRB to intervene in the Cook Inlet tangle . Governor Gruening termed the present si- tuation one which can become wholly ruinous to the economy and de- velopment" of the ter r tory.
 :NLRB' 6f fici ols ans wered the govern or by saying that there arc 10. funds! for an elec- tion this year. It is estim ted tha t cn el- octi on would COS t &ll- 900 or about $9 each for all Cook Inlet fi- sharmen.
 Gov ernor Gruening told Washing ton of f ici als that it is very pos ible the sit- uation may bee one much worse before it gets be tter. He said no cannery ire ight Wa,s being loaded in Se- Gttle, and tha t it is pos s ible tala skan pas- senger vessels may be- c one str Rebound in order to prevent can nery workers from sci l ing nor tn. AZOR,S :7 Nfws S10Rf AL ASKA
Evening star., 1947-10-26

reminder that
there for more
Chaplin was its !
The universitj
the city. In 1d
was at Tenth a
1t moved to the
Judiciary Squar
location on H
teenth and Fo |
CQe law, SClenq
moved from Cd
Fifteenth and I
ing year wOma
for the first tim
called the Orig
tory school was
NV, between |
but was diScont
In 1904, Cong
the school to tt
versity, and Gig
moved to the p
by accident, Il
ington himself
modern buildin
Halls, were ere
spectively.
Eight years a
Heck Marvin aS
dent in 1927, tn
tensifed. Erec
ences Hall, the
Hall for woman
Hall, which pei
work in econon
ence, and techr
succession, thrd
put up: Lisner
tions; the Hall
lion dollar Lis
dents study Spe
arts. Newest p
405-bed hospita
President M
100000. Now.
is able to rep(
paid of-or wi
at this time.
$1,000 on one
Evening star., 1947-10-26
Port Of the ,Univefsilx I'd
! Corcoron Hall, tise encis
I ino q tie ri0llt Bull
used ton lonouoee eids q 4
offices of He school. 4

interest in the school. The first graduating
exercises in 1924 were attended by President
Monroe, Mr.. Adams, Henry Clay, the French
general, Lafayette, and members Of Con-
gress and the Supreme Court. President
Ulysses s. Grant once served on the board
of trustees and Robert E. Lee was an honor
ary member of the college literary organiza-
ton.
After Congress had interrupted debate on
the Missouri Compromise to vote charter
for the university, it was established, as the
Columbian College, just north Of Florida
avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets NV. University place and Chaplin
street, in Columbia Heights, still serve as
Evening star., 1947-10-26

Twenty years on 6 street. Above:
Looking cost toward Twentieth street
today. Left: In the 2Os, when houses
we're used as classroom buildings.
BY STANLEY BArTZ
EOUR BLOCKS west Of the White House
L stands conglomerate array of build
ings, ranging in style from Colonial brick
to modern limestone. This is George Wash
ington University-the center Of learning
envisioned by the Father of the Country
It began with 80 students in 1921 and had
about $4,000 enrolled at the beginning of
the present term.
The intervening 126 years have seen other
signs of progress, such as development
from $1,000 plot of land to a &c. 600 900
institution, creation Of new departments,
and advancement in academic theory-an
expansion which would have delighted the
heart of the man for whom the university
was named. For this was his dream-a
great national university in the heart of
n Washington where students could utilize
fully the opportunities of being at the seat
of the National Government It was he who
i made the first donation to found such q
school; his was the first of several presiden-
n tial appeals which finally brought support
n from Congress for the founding Of the uni
n versity
Connected with it through the years
have been many men distinguished in
d American history, men who either helped
E found the school or became its patrons.
b They included Presidents James Monroe,
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and John
n Quincy Adams. The latter took special
Evening star., 1947-09-02
Labor Launches Fight
On 1aft-Hart|ey Law
In Pennsylvania Race
BY the Asseeiofsd Press

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Sept. 2.-The
Pennsylvania eighth congressional
district election September 9 is pro-
viding what union and political
leaders regard as the opening OF
organized labor's battle against the
Taft-Hartley Labor Act.
Opponents are Franklin n. LIGHT.
enwalter, 81, Republican speaker Of
the Pennsylvania House, and Phi
H. Storch, SO. Democrat. president
of the Lehigh Valley Newspaper
Guild, CIO.
w. j. We'll, vice president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
at a political rally here yesterday
called the district testing ground
for the repeal of the Taft-Hartley
labor law"
Law Called Bipartisan.
Mr.. Lichtenwalter, meanwhile
said:
II am obviously embattled with
all the forces which have banded
together in an attack on the Taft
Hartley bill. This was bipartisan
legislation by both parties clearly be.
cause otherwise it could not have
been passed over the Presidents
veto"
The Bucks-Lehigh County District
one of the richest industrial ant
agricultural areas In the State-hat
been represented for five terms by
the late Charles L. Gerlach, a Re.
publican who finished his last elec.
ton fight $4,000 votes ahead with
about $4,000 Republican and 46,00t
Democratic voters registered.
Mr.. Storch, former Marine Corps
combat correspondent, has been
given the support of such labor stal.
warts as Philip Murray CIo presi-
dent; Walter Reuther, head Of the
CIO Automobile Workers Union
and A. F. Whitney, president of the
Brotherhood OF Railroad Trainmen
Vicious Legislation.
1'erming the Taft-Hartiey law "a
vicious piece of legislation against
the working man." Mr.. Storch has
said the legislation would ultimate
ly create industrial strife In the
United States"
Speaking on behalf of the Storch
candidacy at the rally yesterday
James L. McDeyitt, president OF
the Pennsylvania Federation OF
Labor, AFL, urged organized labor
to back the Democrat, adding:
Were merely torchbearers fol
Storch while the Republican Ma
tional Committee sent in nine men
from different parts of the country
with $4,000 In their satchels . fol
Lichtenwalter's campaign"
Republican campaign material
has declared Mr.. Storch is . "CIC
hand-picked candidate" while Mr.
Lichtenwalter said these unscrup-
ulous carpet-baggers who have In
vaded the district have no standard
ethics. They have plenty of money
and are ready to spend it,"
Evening star., 1947-09-02

Of the First National Bank of Chi.
cago. He has frequently served as
consultant for the Federal Reserve
Board.
In reaching outside Of the Govern.
ment for tax advisers, the Treasury
followed the example of the House
Ways and Means Committees Re-
publican chairman, Representative
Knutson of Minnesota.
Mr.. Knutson appointed two for
mer Undersecretaries of the Treas
ury, Roswell Magill, now a Columbia
University professor, and John w.
Hanes, Winston-Salem IN. c. bank
er and head of the Tax Foundation.
Mr.. Magill and Mr.. Hanes pro-
vded support for Mr.. Knutson's s
much-publicized bill to cut Federal
income taxes on individuals on a
percentage basis, while Mr.. Snyder
pronounced undying opposition to
that measure and President Truman
made history by vetoing it twice this
year.
But Mr.. Magill mas collaborated
with Mr.. Warren in tax work at
Columbia and has joined with DR.
Evening star., 1947-09-02
Holiday Traffic
Blocks
| So Barn IsLost
BY fhs Asseeiotsd Press

sTEWARTSvnLE, N. J., Sept. 2
Henry Mecsey reported his barn
in flames and watched for the ar
rival of the fire company from
nearby Phillipsburg.
When 1t was reported entangled
in yesterdays heavy holiday trafnc
Mr.. Mecsey summoned q secone
company, miles away. It, too
was snarled In the stream of slow.
moving vehicles and the same thing
happened to a third company.
The fourth was more successful
1t came within several hundred
yards of the barn and then broke
down. The farmer hauled out his
tractor and pulled the fire-f1ghtine
apparatus the remaining distance.
The fire, however, already had rur
it's course. The barn and its 81
tons of hay, valued at 10000, were
listed as q complete loss.
Evening star., 1947-09-02
|'Chutist FalIs to Deuth
As Thousands Watch
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

STANDPOINT, Idaho, Sept. A.
Several thousand persons attend.
ing a Labor Day celebration yes
terday saw Dick Neu. Is, fall 1000
feet to his death in Lake Pend
Oreille after his two parachutes
failed to open during an exhibi-
ton Jump.
Two other Standpoint men, La
tho Haddon and Charles Malm-
berg, who parachuted with Mr.
Neu In q triple Jump, also landed
in the lake, but they escaped In
jury.
The three were to have landed
on a target on the beach. Boats
stationed about, the area sped te
the scene to recover Mr.. Neu's body
and pick up the other two para
chutists,
Evening star., 1947-09-02
z Professors, Banker
Will Help Treasury
Plan Tax Program
By the Assoeietsd Press


The Treasury went outside Of the
Government today to get three
experts to help prepare its tax
program.
Secretary Snyder announced ap-
pointment of two Columbia Uni
versity professors and q Chicago
banker as tax consultants to the
Treasury.
The professors are William G.
Warren, a 38-year-old tax attorney
who worked on wartime materiel
procurement and distribution for the
Army as a lieutenant colonel. and
DR.. Carl Shoup, A, who was in the
Treasury once as an assistant to
former Secretary Morgenthau.
The banker is Harold v. Amberg,
vice president and general counsel
Evening star., 1947-09-02

| Shoup in writing a book on Cuba's
fiscal setup. This indicates easy
liaison for the Knutson and Snyder
consultants.
Informed sources say the Truman
administration has not yet decided
on a tax program next year and is
holding off for a clearer picture of
European aid costs, the budget for
the fiscal year beginning next July
and the business outlook.
Evening star., 1947-03-16

NOBLE BoAz, Realtor, T24O WIS. aye
NEAR 18th 18th AND SPRING RD.-Modern row
possession with title. Inspect with TABLER,
bGPoNT fHi;i II saIk9 CIRCLE ,AREA-ss rooms. 4
baths, brick row; clear; nicely furnished;
MsSry s0kss hDh AD 1855 g9od p s95 MaRs Il
oHEvH MAPth dhss2: S. R a-pstashed fa & ssrlek
spe and bah den hg ae hss 0ofp o
rosshous seeP shoRn sf by sep only
sffsRsd NJ WApfE tmsG e. s2Sf 5s4s hAS ias
hEREs hfE s The ase gen have
1R7 Fs rea ss'oe Zee sa + today e9wa and
STasF MAN RGaGTS s2ssI51S" co. ias5 Is 18th ' st, Nv
1efh 1eth 4 aNS Is COLUMBIA Rp. N,w1ExhiOl1
s,s.d new edernssc as6 te2s 1Tek eoaS 9h
mo nash' IL II siresds sEass sa sold sHApiRo NC
Mo- MG ls15 sIock sftss WESssPEk 3 Ri s. s. Nwsem,
ssssehsa sss elssf ssisk sar iss sas5o sHASIeo
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gab sosaz nS f05 nfS Sass On aaaso
sdssss n he e Area White
0ls5sd e J. VI ais HRsn EEahTr aizf co csA
1MaitsrMoREIASb We n Sb Hills za1s bedrooms and
| bath on first floor are among the many
features Of this very liyable 4.bedroom
sisI Of RECEPTION hall; SPACIOUS ltiyins tfn y,
room: large screened porch: built-in ga
rage; gas air-conditioned heat: in e@xsel. @
open s9rday;; 4 o.Enr 70 ( W G. & Rr1,dsS; 4; n
and Developers Of Wesley Heights and
Spring Valley, 1890 Mass. ave. NV Or
OPEN SUNDAY, a-s--Mt. Pleasant. lse;
Newtor ST. n.w--2-storT brtck fnf,s- q
rms, bath. gas h+sgh price, oSd Sdda;71G; g
SHEPHERD PARK--custom-b built home;
| high elevation, Just west of 18th st. NV
nine rooms, two baths and lavatory maid,
room with bath, two-car sarass. Oh neal neat
snd insulated: estate has yed1eeS rpHs,M ps,ss e
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sroad Braneh I'd. and western ave. See
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Evening star., 1947-03-16
HOUSES EXCHANGED.

FOR RENT-6-room house in Phila., In
exchange for house or S-bsedTooSm s Sfo apt. IN
NORFOLK. VA, for Washinl,gtonhmIoeEi5, hoHse a
ZOO, Ext. 766, L. W. DowELL. le'
TWo.BEDRooM BUNGALOW. in Rich
Befhssds p9Fe susqeS a4es oliver ST h 4aoo Ext a
WILL EXCHANGE 6-rm. house in Airing
sas sHs f E0Ffs bsyoh As9ssSR osbs e of 5ss' '4S Sof
2XHcaANGE e rental privately owned Kansas
mace, for house or apt. in wash -: q
where Sas aaa shdreR Wr Are gEPaaS Ss S
WILL TRADE lovely 7-bedroom detached
home in Chevy Chase. D, c.. for smaller
house in NV. washington. Appointment
5 ROOMS. kitchen and bath. gas refriger-
ator., gas heat, 3 porches, full-lensth base
ment, front and back yard. exchange for
2-bedroom apt: references. 1884 Morse
st. ne. "a block from Trinidad bus line.
Phone LualoT 1889; ox,so,, ,odsrn &
m house II S0less Park for ernt house ~ bun IN
Sss' GY eM.RaooM, Ma 5a,s s-BR. FuRN. brick house.
a.m.c.,. in nearby Virginia, tor similar similar
house in North Shore. skokie Valley region
6rick DWELLINGS on a lot 34x1i7, 3,ae6 So.
ft, to 30-ft. alley; income, SS2.5Q per
mo !: southeast, convenient to Navy YARD;
suitably situated for use as 1st or end
commerciela retail! use or industrial use; n..
MCDOWELL. taylor 546s. L. r: .GRAyATTE,
Realtor, 72a 18th st. NV. MA. 0153.
Evening star., 1947-03-16
HOUSES WANTED TO RENT.

NEAR GRADE SCHOOL, preferably Hardy
Sshool on Foxhsll TdI-Anys 4; sds9nase soIas
mmsdse uqsshey aez emDeaxs o Rsy SS
2420, Ext. 1868, weekdays to 4;45 pm
r TWO % 1VFEETfERANs and family urgently need
4 fSiEMsfxRoH MasR csl fsdSEER hS iTs7 wife and
or or apartment. caii Monday. Mr.. CREAM,
SSax siSc mon MONTH APRIL 1st-within a5
apt; Businessman. wife, high school boy;
peTmanent; Gss!ylo collect MR. TAYLOR
li sfoNsIshE SsyEsh lsssf So6prE wants to share
suitcase home; no children, no pets: NV.
PFaM ssssrssa saoyhRsfNr Rhess GS EaPLoYE dssDer
ately in need of or bedrm. house.
fpSTFHHeRN fTpSTFHHeRN' 5o4-6edrm. house; metieuious
desire at least "yr lease: $3.50 max.
VET. xAF co.,. 4 yrs. service. must have
: or 5 bedroom unfurnished house or
apartment within 10-mi.. radius D. c, or
will have to give UP excellent position mere
with national insurance organizati91 IN
% dsr lease. 20 be ch ca Ee s4f 'GG aSrns ds9
WANT TO RENT ? or 5 bedroom house or
apartment in Washinston or nearby Mary
VETERAN in responsible position. wife. g
yr,-nid daughter desire 2-bedroom unfurn.
house in Arlington or Fairfax County
Psrmanesnss TesSsnRtys ot qL a;nEss Sss Court de.
sires unfurnished house, to rent besinning
to $50 month. JOHN B. sPrTzER,
Gixhland DR.. No. Haven. Conn.
Evening star., 1947-03-16
HOUSES FURNISHED.

ROOMS. BATHS: detached. h.-Wh h.
oil burner; $225. 1914 Military rd1 NV.
REAL COUNTRY HoME-5 bedrooms, tile
bath, elec. kitchen. auto .stoker; lust S!lO
mile Suitland Office buildings, SloO per
month, utilities extra; OPA approved. Gan
MRS. c. H. COLE, Clinton 5S9-J-3. -lo
GEoRGEToWN-2 bedrooms. bath. living
room, dining room, kitchen, garden; gentIe-
man will share with conservative gentle-
man; 500 mo. AID. 1882. To-
a121 CHAIN BRIDGE RD., overlooking
valley between Wesley Heights ana kent-
Immediate possession; 3 master oedrooms;
q baths, maids room and bath on secono
floor; completely furnished; $500 cellne
price Also for sale at S45.OO0. A. .k
Boisen, EN-. 1856. SANDOz, INC Do.
1884.
NEW HOME-Will share with two EN-. EN-.
ployed adults. Falls CHURCH 2o6lI
Completely furnished house with liV. rm.'
din rnn, kit, 3 bedrms.. maid,s rm;: laun;
rec rm., lge. attic. garage; 500 mo-; no
small children, 1875 Stephenson pi- NV
tel. OR. 1857. lo
BELLEVUE FOREST, near Wash. Golf and
Country Club. Arl.--6 months APR: a,eo le,
Oct 10: S175 per mo-; r, ll2 q: aiso
maids rm., Law; couple only, no cnildreh
or pets; property restricted: references re.
ouired Glebe $3.50, after 10 an only