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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
Virginia Legislative
Council Would Extend
Retirement System
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 10.-Ex-
tension of the State retirement sys-
tenn to provide for inclusion of en-
ployes of certain locally elected off,
Gals is recommended by the Virginia
Advisory Legislative Council in a re-
port made public today.
The council had been directed by
the 1916 General Assembly to study
the ACCESSIBILITY of extending the re-
tirement system to include county
and city treasurers, commissioners
of revenue, commemorative attor-
neys, clerks of courts of record, sher-
lifts, sergeants and deputies, and en-
ployes of such officers, or of estab-
fishing a separate contributory re-
tirement system to cover these per-
sons.
In its report, addressed to Gov.
Tuck and the assembly, the council
made these recommendations:
/. That elected officers not be in
cluded in the State system.
2. That employees Of the elected
officers be included If the governing
body of their county or city joins
in and contributes to the system and
If the employees themselves so elect.
3. That the State contribute to
the retirement Of such employees
upon the basis on which the salaries
of their principals are paid by the
State or the fees from the offices are
shared by the State,
4. That credit for service prior
to July !, 1949 be given.
5. That after December 81, 1850.
the option to Join the system be
ended; future employees Of localities
which have Joined will be required
to belong to the system, and local
tiles which have not Joined by that
date will thereafter be excluded.
6. That membership for the en-
ployes and contribution by the
localities be made effective begin
ming July /. 1919.
7. That $4,000 be Appropriated TO,
the fiscal year beginning July l
1949 to finance the States share
Of employer contributions.
The council explained that the
elected officials themselves would
not be included in the system be-
cause, 1T is not felt they would re-
tire on the allowance permitted
because they are better able tc
provide for their own retirement
than the employees earning far less
and because the turnover among
officials is greater than that among
anploves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
District Chest X-Ray
Campaign Will Be
Launched Tomorrow

w doAA1IStO1A AAdoS <A-Ady ou1 fCy
will be officially launched tomorrow
when the District commissioners
and other District government OFF,
Gals report to the special X-ray
booth erected in front Of the Dis
trict Building to have their chests
examined.
Seven portable X-ray units. will
be functioning this week in Gov
eminent agencies and four others
in business establishments here, as
health officials undertake the task
of determining how many District
citizens are tuberculosis victims.
The survey is expected to last six
months. its sponsors, the District
Health Department, United States
Public Health Service and District
tuberculosis Association, hope to
furnish every adult citizen a free
chest diagnosis.
To make 1t easy for every one to
take part in the survey, public
health experts will bring the X-ray
equipment almost to the doorstep
Of every District resident. The first
step in this campaign, they have
announced, will be to X-ray as
many people as possible during
working hours.
Seven Days q Week Scheduled.
The X-ray drives special head.
quarters at Fourteenth street ant
Pennsylvania avenue NV, where
the Commissioners will be examined
Is scheduled to be in operation sever
days a week from 10 am. to 6 pm
It's the most centrally located oil
the downtown sites.
Government workers will be pro-
vided with portable x-ray units as
follows:
Munitions Building, Monday
through January %; South Agricul-
ture Building, Monday through
January %; Federal Security Build
ing, Monday through January 10;
Yards and Docks Annex, Arlington
Monday and Thursday; State Fed
eral Works Agency, Friday; Moses
Building, January 10 and 20; Com
merce Department, Monday through
January %; Arlington Annex
Navy, Monday through January
%; Government Printing Offices ]
and 2, Monday through Friday;
Government Printing Offices 3 and
4, January 10 through 26.
Portable installations for business
establishments, to be available only
for those employed there, will be sci
up tomorrow and Tuesday in the
Hotel Statler and Je1leff's Depart.
ment Store; Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday, In the Mayfower Hote
and Garfinckel's Department Store
Service In Home Areas.
Mobile units will 60 into actor
in the residential areas Tuesday
and will be available thereafter
from $50 am. to 6 pm. each week
Tuesday through Saturday.
For the first two weeks Of thu
campaign, they will be set up al
Sixty-f1rst and Dix streets NE.
South Capitol and Nichols avenue
S.W., Pennsylvania and Nichol!
avenues Sc, and Connecticut ave.
nue. and K street NV.
Tomorrow at 8 pm, the public
health nursing section of the Grad
uate Nurses Association will heal
the part which nurses can play tt
help make the X-ray survey sue
cess.
They will be addressed by Dr.
John w. Cronin, chief medical di
rector of the Federal Health Di
vision, United States Public Health
Service, at the District Medical So
ciety auditorium, 1718 M street NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
PTA to Discuss Health Plan

Members of the Mount Rainier.
Brentwood Parent Teacher Associa.
ton vii diccuss TIE sc,lool health
pror~c m ct a nee r at the Brent.
wood Elementary school at 8 pm.
tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
Polio Drive Backed

Alexandria civic groups have
pledged their support of the March
of Dimes drive set for Thursday
through January 30. Harry w.
Bendall will be campaign chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
Lincoln Day Dinner Set

Prince Georges County Repub-
licans will hold their Lincoln Day
dinner February IL at the Prince
Georges Golf and Country Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
ArIinoton FumiIy TuIks Set

A series Of talks on family and
child welfare, sponsored by the
Community Council Of Arlington,
will start at 8 pm. January ~ In
the council ONCE. 3159 Wilson
boulevard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
MARYLAND Housewives Asked
To HeIp Conserve Soil

BALTIMORE, Jan. 10. P.-
Maryland housewives today were
called on to support the States
soil conservation program because
even "our very disposition < Is de-
ternined by the food we eat and
the soil in which 1t has been grown. +"
The appeal was delivered by Mrs.
Fred L. Bull, housewife-nutrionist
of Shawsville, Md. who presented
the second in a series Of Is radio
talks over station VIDAL being
sponsored by the State Soil Con-
servation Committee.
I'VE are what we eat" she said,
"and what we eat depends upon
the soil which grows it. Plants,
including those from which we de-
rive our food, actually perform
many miracles in the course Of
their developments. They cannot
however. perform the miracle of
extracting from the soil minerals
which 1t does not contain"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

PROTEST RALLYG Leonard Daymude president of the
Washington Suburban Plumbers Association Donald
E. aingery chairman Of the Montgomery County Division,
Washington Metropolitan Home Builders Association and
Dwight Gait chairman Of the washington Suburban SAM
tay Commission eft right at meeting called by
Gngey yesterday in the Silver Spring Armory to protest
the commissions water and sewer connection rates
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11
Conference Will Seek
Best Use Of Natural
Resources in South
By jones BirchfieId
s.e.ff r>.~I...

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va, Jan.
10.-More than 800 scientists, edu-
Gators and Southern landowners and
industrialists will begin arriving here
tomorrow to lay the groundwork for
a co-ordinated program for the best
use of the basic natural resources
of the South.
The conference, which will in
clude representative from is South
ern States, is being sponsored by
the Conservation Committee of the
Southern Association of Science and
Industry. Cecil F. De LaBarre, pro-
fessor of biology at Virginia Poly
technic Institute, will serve as con-
ference chairman.
Pointing out that applied science
has made partial amends for the
decades Of "wanton and foolish de-
struction of the resources which
clothe and feed u.s." Mr.. De LaBarre
said today that soil mismanagement
still is widespread in spite of the
fact that knowledge is available
through which the fertility Of the
land can be increased.
Many Streams Polluted.
He said that more than one-half
of the forest land in the South
is being mistreated. Therefore, he
said, it produces but one-third OF
the products it would produce under
proper handling.
"Ground-water levels are lower
ing 80 rapidly as to present serious
problems to both agriculture and
industry" Mr.. De LaBarre said.
Many streams are SO polluted that
industry cannot locate on them.
They are barren Of beauty and de-
sirable aquatic life, and In many
cases are a menace to public health.
"Our minerals are being used at
an alarming rate. Present day de-
mands on all of the resources that
support us are greater than ever
before"
Following trips tomorrow after
noon to nearby points Of historical
interest, the conference will open IN
the evening with an address by DR..
John H. Yoe. professor of chemistry
at the University OF Virginia. DR..
Voc was in charge Of civilian and
foreign observers at the atomic
bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July,
1916. He will describe these tests
and will show the Navy film, "Op-
Grafton Crossroads"
Panel Discussion.
Following DR.. Yoes address, a
panel discussion on the conservation
implications of atomic energy will
be led by DR.. F. L. Fitzpatrick, pro-
lessor of natural science at Column
bia University.
In addition to Mr.. DeLaBarre.
members of the committee arrang-
ing the conference are DR.. Havilah
Babcock, University of South Caro-
lima; DR.. r. M. Baumgartner. Okla
homa A. & M. College: DR.. E.
Willard Berry, Duke University;
Justus H. Cline. Stuarts Draft, Va;
Verne E. Davidson, Soil Conserva-
ton Service, Spartanburg, S. c.:
Leonard e. Foote, Wildlife Manage
ment Institute, Marietta, Ca; DR.
Douglas S. Freeman, editor of the
Richmond (Va) News Leader; DR.
James N. Gowanloch, Louisiana
Wildlife and Fisheries Department;
DR.. Walter B. Jones, University OF
Alabama; DR.. Henry j. Costing
Duke University; William G.. Sur
want, University Of Kentucky; DR.
Walter P. Taylor, Texas Co-opera-
tive Wildlife Research Unit; Ross
H. Walker, Richmond, and DR.. D. j
Weddell, University OF Georgia.
| MARYLAND Housewives Asked
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-01

The Republican is published every
Thursday at The Republican Building,
Second street, Oakland, at the follow
ing rates of subscription, payable in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-01

line owner had a perfect right to pro-
tect the safety of the public But if
the facts gathered are correct, the
drivers fellow union members re-
fused to drive other buses until he
was re-instated, regardless of why
he was laid off.
1t now appears the man was re-
instated and buses are running. This
puts the people who ride those buses
open to additional hazards of various
kinds, and places the bus owner in a
most dangerous position. 1t doesn't
shed any favorable light either upon
union that will strike for a reason
that is so definitely a menace to the
public.
In fact all the way around it looks
like "to heck with the public and an
individuals safety"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-01
MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU
OF CALCULATIONS
THURSDAY, JULY /, 1913.
WE FEEL HONORED

We felt honorcd this past week
when we received a significant certi-
ficate which shortly will be placed on
the office wall.
The certificate states that this
newspaper has been analysed and
rated against other newspapers of the
state, and given a rating of 'AAA-
plus" the highest rating given any
newspaper in the United States. Only
ten other newspapers in Maryland
were given such rating, the balance
Of them being graded pa, A, and
c.
This newspaper was evaluated with
the same basic formula and with the
same careful and impartial analysis
which are being used to rate the other
weekly newspapers in the nation. The
evaluation studies are made by Com
munity Research Bureau, an indie
pendent research organization.
Members of the newspaper staff
make every effort, from week to week,
to give their readers the best paper
possible, with a thorough coverage Of
important news events, editorial com
ment on current topics, and good
leverage Of advertising of local bust
ness people and national items. While
we make no practice of blowing our
own horn, it is gratifying to know
that an impartial analysis of our eff
forts shows that good job is being
done
We will continue to make every eff
fort to give our readers a better news
paper than ever before.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-01
NEW GERMANY

Homemakers Club met on Thursday
at the home of Miss Zella Broad
water Two reports, one on Towels
by Mrs. Wilmer Hummel and the
second by the club president, Mrs.
Blayne Skunk on the Frozen Foods
school held recently in Grantsville.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Broadwater and
two sons and Miss Ruth Shultz, Of
Salisbury, Pa, visited relatives here
on Sunday.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs S. L. Otto
this week are Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Merrill and family and Miss Betty OF
to, all of Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Fresh, Cumber-
land, were dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hummel
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Harris left
on Monday for Springfield, Mass,
where the former will enter college
for the summer session.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorraine Otto and
daughter Helen, visited Mrs. f. E..
Sollars in Deer Park, on Sunday even
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jenkins and sons,
of Cresaptown, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Myles Livengood and family, Swan
ton, were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Jenkins and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Jen-
kins, Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-01

The schedule of activities on the
show grounds during the week of
celebrating the Fourth, has but one
fixed hour, and that has to do with
the free aerial act.
Four o'clock Monday afternoon
marks the appearance of the Miller
Family in an aerial exhibition. Other
appearances of the troupe, which are
to be twice daily, will be announced
on the grounds from time to time
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-01
DeIbert Davis to Head
Drive In Salisbury

Delbert NJ. Davis, cashier Of the
First National Bank here for a mum.
Der Of years, and interested in civic
affairs while in this area, has been
elected president of the Community
Fund of Wicomico county at the an
nual meeting of the directors and
members in Salisbury last week.
With a new slate of officers he will
begin plans for the fifth annual cam
paign of the fund this fall.
Mr.. Davis is now cashier Of the
Salisbury National Bank, having left
Oakland in November, 1915.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-01
Oakland to Enforce
Old Dog Ordinance

That Oakland would enforce its dog
ordinance to its fullest extent, was
announced yesterday by Joseph w.
limbaugh, Mayor,
Mr. limbaugh said that numerous
complaints of dogs tracking up gar
dens, porches, flower gardens and
lawns had been made by citizens
that it was necessary to take some
definite action.
A notice is being issued that begin
ming Monday, July 5, any dog found
at large would be impounded, and
that the law would be strictly en-
forced.
New Meter Regulation
Mr.. limbaugh also stated that he
had heard many favorable comments
about the new regulation concerning
the parking meters and asked for full
cooperation of the people so that the
regulation, now on 60-day trial,
might be made permanent.
The town is now using courtesy
cards instead of traffic court orders,
which are taken to local business
establishment and deposit with the
nickel parking fee which has been
overlooked by the visitor.
Mr.. limbaugh said that many
were cooperating and were grateful
for the courtesy shown.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-01
MRS. ED. ALEXANDER

Word was received by relatives
here concerning the death of Mrs.
Ed. Alexander which occurred in
Akron, O., on Wednesday.
. The Alexander family had lived in
the Rock Lodge area until about
fifteen years ago when they moved to
Akron. She was formerly Miss Mar
garet Bender, of near Bittinger.
Surviving are her husband, four
sons and two daughters; and a
brother, Mahlon Bender, Of near Bit
niger.
Funeral services are to be con-
Quoted on Friday from an Akron
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-01
THE PUBLIC LAST

At this particular time when vari-
Gus agencies are stressing safety
campaigns, we wonder at the oui-
come of a bus strike which apparent
ly is now settled
According to information gathered
from daily newspapers a bus driver
was laid off for driving in a reckless
manner. If this fact was true the bus
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-01

President Truman signed the peace
time draft bill and two appropri-
alton measures that give over ten bill
lion dollars to the army, navy and air
force.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-01

Governor Lane appointed a 15-man
commission to examine Maryland's
public welfare program.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-01
Wedding Bells

Miss Alice Mae Bowman, daugh-
ter of Mrs George o. Bowman of
Washington, D. c. and the late
Mr.. Bowman, of Minneapolis, was
married to Mr.. Lynn E. Johnston,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer A. John
ston, of Hagerstown, on December
20 at the First Brethren Church,
Hagerstown.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. N. Victor Leatherman in
the presence of friends and rela-
tives.
A wedding breakfast was served
to the immediate families follow
ing the ceremony, after which the
couple left on wedding trip to
New York City. Since their re-
turn they are residing in Wash
ington D. c. where Mr.. Johnston is
attending the University of Mary
land
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-01
New President OF Hood COLLEGE

The board of trustees of Hood
College, Frederick, recently named
DR.. Andrew G. Truxal of Dartmouth
to become president of the institu-
ton next July. The 47-year-old
sociologist will succeed DR.. Henry
!. Stair, who is retiring after IA
years as president of the college,
which is affiliated with the Evan
gelical and Reformed Church.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-01

Miss Kathleen Poffenberger,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Poffenberger, Hagerstown, and Cor
poral Berkeley Shilling, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Shilling, also of
Hagerstown, were married on
Christmas Eve at the First Church
of God, Hagerstown, with the Rev.
Harry c. Gonso officiating.
A reception was held at the home
Of the brides parents following the
ceremony
Mrs. Shilling is a graduate of
the Hagerstown High School, class
of AT and is now employed in the
office of the Sears Roebuck Com
pany.
Corporal Shilling also attended
local schools and has served with
the United States Army for the past
four months.
At present the couple are resid-
ing with the brides parents.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-01

Of the 16,419 CT home loans made
in Maryland to date, only lis have
been defaulted, the Veterans, Ad-
ministration office in Baltimore re-
ports. The VA said it has paid
claims covering its part of the loan
guarantees, totaling $313,41O, against
which it has recovered $50, 1913.
The mortgages on the lis homes were
foreclesed.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-01
Wash Scatter Rugs

Rag rugs and other scatter rugs
can be cleansed beautifully in the
household washer. Just be sure
the rug contains no paper fiber.
Use rich sudsy lukewarm water
and rinse thoroughly, twice. Lay
the rug flat to dry. Do only one at
a time if there is any doubt of
color-fastness
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-01
FOur-Legged Marauders

Marauding dogs cost the Washing
ton county treasury 81, 100 last year,
County Clerk Ami c. Saum has re-
vealed. Saum said complaints and
claims against the county for cattle,
sheep and poultry killed by dogs
average one a week. The latest
claim, he said, was for $138 for Is
turkey killed on farm by the dogs.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-01
NOTICE

The annual meeting of the men,
bers of the Planters Mutual Insur-
ance Company will be held on
Saturday, January 3, 1948, at l
D. M, at the office of the Company,
Ill West Washington Street, Hag-
srstown, Maryland.
ROBERT H. TENNEY,
12-18-3t Secretary
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1948-01-01

ticularly good to me; so many Yely
cards and gifts.
l think probably you will all feel
pretty much as do right now-not
interested in recipes, or even in
food for that matter-so this week
let's just talk about things in gen.
eral around the kitchen.
The pan rather than the oven may
be responsible when cakes, biscuits
or other baked products do not
brown properly, says Helen Irene
Smith, home management special
list at the University of Maryland.
The same recipe, baked in the same
oven, for the same length of time, at
the same temperature, may brown
quite differently in different pans.
In one kind of pan it may come out
a niece even medium brown, in an
other it may be too pale, and in still
another, too dark or unevenly
Drowned.
In most testing kitchens where re-
cipes are developed today, alum
mum pans are used because they do
not change much with age and use,
and do not corrode, chip or break.
Because recipes developed in alu-
minum may give different results
in enamelware, glass or tin, the
cook may need to change baking
time and temperature accordingly.
In general, enamelware baking
pans give the deepest brown Glass
ranks next in rapid brewing, espec-
tally in an electric oven which has
a high degree of radiant heat.
Enamelware and glass both absorb
radiant heat well. In enamelware,
the browning often is mottled be-
cause this material does not distri-
butte heat evenly. In aluminium and
tin the browning is less rapid and
usually more even, unless the tin is
very dark, or thin and warped so
that the heat is uneven.
The shape of the pan also influ-
ences browning. Cake baked in a
square pan, especially if the pan is
enamelware, is likely to become too
brown at the corners. Browning is
more even in pans with rounded
corners. In a deep, high-sided pan
biscuits and cookies often come out
too pale because the high sides
shade" them from the radiant heat.
They brown better a flat sheet
or on the bottom of al Inverted pan.
Pan size counts, too, h browning,
If the pan is too large for the rec ne,
a cake or bread mixture may )
spread too thin and become
brown. For baked perfection pan
and recipe should suit each other,
and both should suit the oven.
Time And Labor Savers
Make up extra white sauce while
you are at it and refrigerate it in a
quart jar. At a moments notice, it
is ready for any creamed dish. Also,
when mixing corn bread or pie
crust, measure out extra portions of
the dry ingredients to refrigerate in
a covered jar. Next time you bake,
it will cut your time in half. Saves
DISTINGUISHING, too!