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Evening star., 1948-04-14
Souter, Allen Argue on Timing
Of MONTGOMERY Redssessments

Battery Park association adopted a
resolution which said, in part:
application of the reassessments
in advance of other areas is unfair
and inequitable. This or any other
area should not be penalized by
paying additional taxes resulting
from such increases in advance of
other areas"
The association decided to advise
neighboring civic groups OF its ac-
tion and to present the matter to
the Montgomery County Civic Fed
Grafton.
Protests by approximately IS
.Edgemoor residents against pro-
posed assessments on their property
were filed yesterday with Mr.. Allen
and his assistants in the Rockville
Courthouse.
After the hearing, Mr. Allen as
sured those whose property is near
commercial and industrial prop
erty that they would receive ad-
justments.
He added all assessments were
made on homes on the basis OF 1941
reproduction costs.
A committee representing the
Edgemoor Citizens Association laid
particular stress on what it termed
unfair valuation of land.
Among those who protested the
new assessments on their homes and
lots we're:
Ethel K Morrow, 72l5 Exeter
road, whose assessment was raised
from s6,225 to $4,000; C. r. Coch-
ran, 6811 Fairfax road, s6,175 to
$3.50; Edwin Jacobson, 5l01 Edge
meer lane. $1o,505 to s13,760, and
Elmo e. Coons. 1890 Edgemoor lane,
s., 1886 to $3.50.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Boy Loses Hold in Tree
Cracks Vertubru in Fall

Seven-year-old Stephen E. Baugh-
man was playing in tree with an
other boy yesterday in the yard OF
the Baughman home at 1914 North
Underwood street, Arlington.
The two decided they would race
to see who could get to the ground
first.
Stephen won the race when he
lost his grip.
Today he was in good condition at
Arlington Hospital suffering from a
fracture OF the third vertebra In his
neck, according to his physician, DR..
Nelson Podolnick.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Woman Wins $500 in Suit
Over Malicious Arrest

A Takoma Park woman was
awarded $500 damages by a Prince
Georges County jury yesterday for
malicious prosecution" which she
contended resulted from her arrest
last July on a warrant sworn out
by neighbor.
She is Mrs. Madge Pudleiner, 205
Flower avenue, who had asked $5.-
900 damages against Russell Mat
thews, 1909 Trescott avenue. Mrs.
Pudleiner was found not guilty last
year of charges Of assault on Mr..
Matthews 6-year-old son.
Through Attorneys Walter L.
Green and Edward c. Bell. jr., Mrs.
Pudleiner charged she was arrest
ed without probable cause and hu-
inflated" She was forced to re-
main in the Hyattsville jail for
four hours last July 10 while await
ing bail. She said she was further
Inundated because she is Sew
enth Day Adventist and her arrest
occurred on Saturday.
Evening star., 1948-04-14

A brief argument between Mont
gomery County Commissioner Wes-
ley I. Sauter and Wilton T. Allen,
county assessment supervisor, over
the plan to stagger reassessments OF
residential property enlivened yes
terday's session of the county COM
missioners.
Mr.. Allen announced last week
that reassessments had been post
poned year in the Silver Spring
Takoma Park area, with consent of
the State Tax Commission, because
of inability to complete that work
and the Bethesda Chevy Chase area
as well.
Mr.. Sauter asserted yesterday
that the Bethesda-Chevy Chase
area, which he represents, was thus
being penalized. He charged this
is unfair to his constituents.
His sentiments were echoed last
night at the annual meeting of the
Battery Park Citizens Association,
which called on the county commits
sioners to delay applying taxes to
the new-and higher-valuations
on Bethesda Chevy Chase property
until the rest of the county is re-
assessed.
Mr.. Allen told the commissioners
that under his departments orig
inal plan Bethesda Chevy Chase
was to have been reassessed last
year and Silver Spring g-Takoma
Park this year. After postponing
the Bethesda-Chevy Chase work to
1948, he said it was found both
projects could not be completed in
one year. Consequently the Silver
Spring postponement was ordered.
Noting that almost all assess
ments in the Bethesda Chevy Chase
section have been increased, the
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Prince Georges Po|ict
Told 10 Crack Down
On Trash bumpers

Prince Georges County police to-
day had orders to bear down on
persons illegally dumping trash
throughout the county.
Action was ordered yesterday by
the Prince Georges County COM
missioners during their weekly board
meeting in Upper Marlboro.
Reason for the new breakdown
| is the increasing number OF COM
plants" against depositing of trash
and other debris along public high
ways and on private property with
out written consent of the owners,
according to Commissioner Harry w.
McNamee. Mr.. McNamee acted as
chairman of the group yesterday
in the temporary absence OF Com
missioner William A. Carson.
Trial magistrates of the county
also were urged by the commits
sioners to impose sitter penalties
against trash violators. These range
from $5 to $50 or Jail terms up to
80 days or both, the commissioners
warned.
AutO LiStS AShCu.
The commissioners, in other ac-
lions, reiterated their appeal to in
corporated towns and special i'm
provement districts of the county to
submit lists of automobile owners
within each community. The lists
are necessary to determine what
rebates are due each community
from the sale of motor vehicles
license tags last year, the commits
Sioners reported.
If such information is not supplied
to the county within reasonable
time" the commissioners ruled, the
county will have to make the neces-
sary surveys and charges the cost to
the towns and taxing districts. The
communities are entitled to $3.50 for
each set of SIS tags sold and 81 for
each in the S23 bracket. In the case
of incorporated areas, the money is
turned over to them directly for
their use. Money allocated for spe-
cial improvement districts Is credited
to their accounts and tends to
shorten their tax payments for any
improvements.
Hearings Ordered.
James B. Bland, county treasurer,
told the commissioners only 5 out of
the Is incorporated towns of the
county have received their full share
so far Only 9 special improvement
districts of a total of % which are
eligible to receive them have been
credited with rebates. he said.
Hearings on the creation of two
proposed special improvement dis
tricts were ordered held in the
County Service Building, Hyattsville,
at 1870 am. May 10. The new dis
tricts, if approved, will comprise the
Beaver Heights subdivision, near
Kenilworth, and the Pine Crest sub
division, near Takoma Park. The
latter proposal originally had been
slated to be heard on April 81 in
Upper Marlboro but was changed
yesterday to accommodate residents
of the area.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Issuing Of New Bonds
Deferred ) Months
ByMontgomeryB Board

The Montgomery County COM
missioners yesterday voted to defer
issuance of any additional bonds
for school construction for at least
five months. 49,. -,s,
The resolution, in effect, rejected
a Board of Education request for
immediate issuance of 100000 in
bonds, part of a s5,O0O,00O authori-
zation approved at the 1947 session
of the General Assembly. The re-
manning 100000 in bonds were
sold last October.
At the same time. however, the
commissioners expressed their de-
termination to advance the school
construction program as rapidly as
possible and to furnish the neces-
sary funds to the Board OF Educa-
ton as needed.
When informed Of the commits
sioners' action, Assistant Supt. Ed
gar M. Douglass said ruling on
whether the Board of Education
can make commitments without
having the actual cash on hand
would be sought from Charles w
Prettyman, attorney for the School
Board
Funds Reported Available.
The. commissioners decision to
delay issuance of any more school
bonds was made after County Su-
pervisor Irving G. McNayr said
funds are now available to the
Board of Education to meet all out
standing commitments and any new
commitments which may be en-
tered into through August.
At that time, the commissioners
said in their resolution, they will
issue bonds or otherwise make
monies available based upon real
istic estimates of the Board of Edu-
cation in sufficient amounts not to
exceed the 100000 authorization
as may be determined is required
to satisfactorily carry out the pro-
gram"
Mr.. McNayr told the commission
ers that by May l the Board OF
Education will have spent approx
1mately Sl,lSS,UUO Oh tHe oZ,uoo,ooo
in bonds issued last fall.
Interest Costs Cited.
In recommending that the county
heads issue not more than 81 ,000, 900
in bonds after July /, Mr.. McNayr
said:
I'VE don't want to be in the posi-
ton of issuing 100000 worth Of
bonds when the money can't be
used and it would cost us between
$4,000 and $1,000 a month in in
terest Just to have the money in the
bank"
The county supervisor also ad-
vised against borrowing about $780,
900 in bond anticipation notes, as he
proposed last week. in view of the
funds still available to the Board
of Education.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Alexandra Court Opens
.Todoy in New Quarters

The Alexandria Juvenile and Do
mestic Relations Court Will hold us
first hearing today in new quarters
in a remodeled firehouse at lis
North Patrick street.
The job of moving into the new
offices from the ones formerly occu-
pied In a converted dwelling in the
100 block of South Washington
street, was completed yesterday.
The court, under Judge Marion B.
West, will occupy the second floor OF
the remodeled building. The city
has not decided which city depart-
ment will be put on the first floor.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
IS Evocuees From Bogoto Tell
OfRevoIt After Arrival Here

"On the way out OF the city,
Miss Foster said, I'VE saw mer
standing in groups with their hands
up. They looked petrif1ed. Wher
the government troops had come
Saturday, they shot down everyone
who refused to put up his hands
Immediately"
The evacuees also told of seeing
the spot where Gaitan was assas-
sinated strewn with palms for yards
around.
Now that it's all over, would the
girls like to go back?
Sure" said Miss Foster, Il hated
to leave"
Miss Gertz indicated the crowd
of reporters and photographers and
added, "To tell the truth, this has
unnerved me more than anything
else"
Other Passengers on Plane.
Other passengers on the first
plane, with addresses where avail
able, we're:
Donald Dozer. 1902 Van Buren
street, University Park, Md; Ken
meth Meiklejohn, 1924 Seventeenth
street NV; Eleanor Koontz, 4116
Eighteenth place NV; Lula Ma
theny, 1910 Sixteenth street NV;
Elanor Lowery, 1916 Fifteenth
street Sc; Hazel Roth, 1901 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV; Mary L.
Meyer, 1905 North Wayne street
Arlington: Marjorie Whiteman
5021 Glenbrook road NV.
Also Kathryn Morrison, 816 Poto-
mac avenue Sc; Luella Vanaude-
stradem, 20-C Parkway road. Green
belt, Md; Betty Carney 1925 Six
teenth street NV Leay Barr, 1916
Kalorama road NV; Bernita Sny-
der, 220 Hamilton street NV;
Cecile Search. 5140 Eleventh street
Sc; Betty Duvall, 131 Ivanhoe
street S.W.; Ken Milliken, 642s
Thirty first street NV; Joseph
Orozco and Hazel Orozco, 1926
Twelfth street NE; Sherman Shep-
perd, 80 West Washington street
Kensington, Md.
Also Fred Soper, 2oO1 Connecticut
avenue NV; Simon Wilson, Green
wich, Conn.,; Jane Hayford, Patter-
son, N. j.; Charles Duperly, Scars
dale, N. Y; Rueckel Walter. West
port, Conn; william Leach, Dor
mont, Pa, and Hayim Greenburg
Tillie Franklin, Noises Toff, Raquel
Toff and Abraham Tulin. all OF
New York City.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Alexandra Officials
To Discuss Tax Issue
With Businessmen

Alexandria city officials will confer
with wholesalers and manufacturers
this week in a renewed effort to
settle differences over business tax
rates imposed this year.
The meeting was called by the
City Council last night on motion
of Councilman Jack Tulloch after
the Finance Committee recon-
mended that the requests of the
wholesalers and manufacturers for
lower business tax rates be denied.
Mr.. Tulloch said he felt the high
rates were "strangling business. "
The meeting will be attended by
the city manager, city auditor, city
attorney, Finance Committee and
Mayor, the wholesalers and manu-
facturers, He expressed hope that
some pleasant" compromise could
be reached.
Plea Carefully Studied.
Councilman Samuel Luckett, a
member of the Finance Committee,
said his group had carefully studied
the wholesalers and manufacturers
plea. He said the city needed reve-
nues and felt that this group should
pay for the privilege of doing pusi-
ness.
The wholesalers and manufac-
turers have protested that the busi-
ness license tax program adopted
early this year placed an undue
hardship on them. The tax pro-
gram was worked out by q staff Of
advisers from the University of Vir-
ginia Bureau of Public Administra-
ton, who said it would place an
equitable tax on all types of busi-
ness and professions.
Mr.. Luckett was appointed the
councils representative on the Alex
andria Hospital board of directors.
He will be the first councilman to
serve under a new hospital regula-
ton. Mr.. Luckett is chairman Of
the council Hospital Committee.
Clerk to Be Hired.
The council authorized hiring of
a clerk at $3.50 a month for the
city managers of1ce to handle re-
zoning work for the Planning Board,
which will begin hearing rezoning
pleas May /. The secretary of the
Planning Board was relieved of his
duties and his salary of $50 month,
discontinued.
City Manager Nicholas A. Cola
santo was authorized to permit one
member of the police department
and one member of the recreation
department to work at the Alex
andria Police Boys Camp during
the suQ1mer.
The colored recreation center at
Pendleton and Patrick streets was
rezoned to permit leasing of a
snack bar on the premises. A SIM
liar plea for the white recreation
center on Cameron street, however,
was denied after neighbors protested
the snack bar would be nuisance.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Sosscer Wins Support
Of Annapolis City Heads
BY The Assoeiofsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, April 14.-Repre-
sentative Sasscer, 5th congressional
district Democrat. had the backing
of the Annapolis city government
today.
The Mayor and aldermen urged
his reelection In a resolution adopt
ed Monday night. He is being op-
posed by George Sasche OF Glen
Burnie for Democratic nomination
in the Mag 3 primary.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Lundover Hills Citizens
To Vote on Membership

The Landover Hills Md Citi-
zens' Association, meeting at $3.50
pm. tonight in the community
firehouse, will vote on a proposal
TO amend its constitution and by
laws to extend the membership
territory.
Under the proposal, residents OF
Defense Heights, Belle Mead and
Woodlawn addition would be ell
gible to Join the association.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Thieves Rob Food Store
Of $48O in Silver Spring

Thieves broke into the Dale Drive
Market, 621 Sligo avenue, Silver
Spring, early today and took $3.50
in cash and approximately $1,000
worth of cancelled checks from the
safe.
Montgomery County detectives
said entry was made by jimmying
the front door.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Bureroft PTA to Hold
Film, Rudio Discussion

The Bancroft Parent-Teacher
Association will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight in the school in Arlington
to discuss the value and influences
of movies and radio on children.
Leading the discussion will be Mrs.
Evelyn Lynn, representing the
teachers; Mrs. A. B. Moe, for the
mothers; Chester Brasse, for the
fathers, and 1t. Col. F. P. Greer,
moderator.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Counsel Hired in School Fiqht

Employment of an attorney to
assist in acquiring a school site in
North darlington was authorized
! last night by the Arlington County
School Board. Name of the attor-
ney was not Immediately disclosed.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
HyuttsviIIe PTA to Meet

A Nominating Committee of the
Hyattsville Parent-Teacher Asso-
citation will be selected at meet
ing at 8 pm. tomorrow in the high
school. Paul Cooper will report on
progress of the Prince Georges
County school building program.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Tax Sole Nets $4,000

/ Montgomery County received $40
291 35 from the annual county tax
sale, Treasurer John B. Diamond
reported today. About $50 pieces
of property were sold The county
bought in 1851 .67 worth of property.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
-eqion Post to Nominate

The Unknown Soldier Post No.
312, American Legion, will meet to
nominate officers at BIS o'clock to-
night at Ashton Heights Club House,
Arlington.
Evening star., 1948-07-18
GarhH uf Thanka

DASHER, DONALD L. We wish to ex.
tend our sincere thanks and
our son and brother; DONALD L. pAsHER
Mr., AND MRS; w. Z. DAsHER
HICKS, MARIA. The mother, Mrs.
late MARIA HICKS seknowledse With deep
members Of John Steward M. Z. Church.
neishbors and friends for flowers and
sfFs: e es s2.aslsne' sent THE
MASON, THE REV. WILLIAM A. We
neighbors for horal offerings. kind ex-
pressions of sympathy and use OF cars
a. and s OF rhE III fsa'h ss9 q
MASON who died July l; Iur is4si FAMILY
late ROSA r. MURPHY wishes to thank
sss H's'o ssss anf Gsas
Of Our Redeemer Lutheran, the Florids
Avenue Baptist Church; NslghDoThoed1 ssls q
norai tributes at. the passing Of our
mother sister and .THt; THE FAMILY
the late BEATRICE THOMAS Of Lake
land. Nd, wishes to thank its neishbors.
friends, organizations and pastors ior
their kindness and floral tributes at the
passing OF our dear wife, sister and aunt.
WILLIAM ]. THOMAS AND FAMILY
WILLIAMS. AMANDA NJ. The daush-
ter and family of the late AMANDA sttr M u;
sincere appreciation for the many kind
expressions OF sympathy in our bereave-
ment ,>urrp
AND THE FAMILY.
WILLIS. HERBERT M. The family Of
the late HERBERT M WILLIS srate-
fully acknowledges and sincerely ", spp5ev nst re-
ciates the kind expressions OF isII sympaasns ANY
list Church, the Salem Baptist Church;
the A. x. Manning Lodge. the stan ol
'''' THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1948-07-18
Rites Are Set tuesday
For John |. Hackney

Funeral services for John Law
renee Hackney, 40, veteran news
paperman who died yesterday, will
be held at h pm. Tuesday. at the
Ives Funeral Home, 2847 Wilson
boulevard, Arlington.
The Rev. DR.. c. Fred williams OF
the Clarendon Methodist Church will
officiate. Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Mr.. Hackney, who had been with
the Washington Times-Herald until
he became i'll early this year, died
at George Washington University
Hospital. where he had been under
treatment for several months.
A reporter and copyreader for The
Star during the l930s, Mr.. Hackney
returned to the paper in June, 194l
He was with the Office of War In
formation before joining the Times
Herald in 1945.
He was a native Of London, KY,
and had worked on newspapers in
Macon, Ga, and Tampa, Fla, be-
fore coming to Washington.
He served overseas two years with
the 77th Infantry Division in World
War I.
Mr.. Hackney's home here, was at
509 North Kenmore Street. Csaren-
don. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Glennie Tippens Hackney; four
daughters, three sisters and five
brothers.
Evening star., 1948-07-18
Shirley Stanford, Jr.,
Rites Set Tuesday

Funeral services for Shirley Mar
tin Sanford, jr., 81, salesman in the
Hecht Co. department store here
will be held at II am. Tuesday in
the Ives funeral home, 2847 Wilson
boulevard Arlington. Burial will be
in Arlington Cemetery.
Mr.. Stanford, who lived with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. STAN
ford, at 35Ol South Thirteenth
street, Arlington, died yesterday in
Arlington Hospital.
A Anative of Arlington, Mr.. Stanford
attended Patrick Henry Junior High
School and Thomas Jefferson High
School before going into the Navy
at the outbreak of World War II.
He served IA months in the Meoi-
cal Corps, on duty at the Bainbridge
and Norfolk Training Center Hos
pitals.
He was a ballet student and had
sung on several amateur radio shows
here in recent years, his family said
He was divorced a year ago from
the former Betty Painter of Airing
ton, whom he married in 1914.
In addition to his parents, Mr.
Stanford is survived by a sister
Mrs. Laura Bell Hawkins; two
brothers. Marshall and Roland
Stanford, all of Arlington. and his
grandmother, Mrs. Laura Stanford,
Calverton, Va.
Evening star., 1948-07-18
Rites Set Tomorrow
For Theron Thompson

Fueral services for Theron
Thompson, 70. Washington area
resident prior to 1921 and a former
manager of Thompson's Dairy, will
be held at 2 pm. Monday at Hy-
songs funeral home, 1900 N stree;
NV. Burial will be in Mount Ivy
Cemetery.
Mr.. Thompson died Thursday In
a hospital in Winter Haven, Fla.
after a three-week illness.
He was the brother of Arthur
Lee Thompson, II, president oil
Thompson's Dairy. His uncle, the
late John S. Thompson, started the
dairy in 1881.
Mr.. Thompson was born in Bing-
hamton, N. Y, and lived in LOU
don County, Va. and Prince Georges
County, Md, where his father, the
late Arthur Lee Thompson, was a
dairy farmer. He attended Friends
School and Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute before he became manager
of the dairy. He later worked or
the Washington Post before he went
to Florida. Since then he has been
in the orange growing business in
Lake Hamilton. Fla.
Besides his brother who lives at
404 Rolling court, Chevy Chase, Md.
he is survived by his widow. Mrs
Marion K. Thompson; an aunt
Miss Grace Thompson, SAB Six
teenth street NV, three step
children, and two nieces and two
nephews here.
Evening star., 1948-07-18
Brother E|iphus John,
OF Ammandd|e, Dies
BY the Associated Press

OCEAN CITY, N. j., July IT,
The Rev. Brother Eliphus John, 68,
retired vocational director of the
Ammandale Md province of the
Christian Brothers. died today after
long illness.
Born Joseph F. Murphy in Silver
Lake, Pa, he completed his train
ing as a Christian Brother in April
1902 at Ammandale, near Hyatts-
vile, Md, and then served as q
teacher and principal in various
parochial schools in Philadelphia.
Brother Eliphus John also was
principal of st. Mary's School, Jer-
sey City, N. j., vice principal at CAL
vert Hall College, Baltimore, and an
instructor at the University of
Scranton.
He was named vocational direc-
tor of the. Ammandale,s province in
1925 and Continued In that post un-
til his retirement in 1916.
SurvivirtgAre five blood brothers,
the Rev. Brother Anselm, who sue
ceeded him as vocational director of
the province; Louis, of Yeadon, Pa; !;
Jerome, of Atlantic City, N. j.; Mar
tin, Of Pittsburgh, and John Muir
ply of Binghamton, N. Y; and a
sister, Mrs. H. McHale of Philadel-
phia.
Funeral services will be held here
Tuesday and burial will be at Am
mandale.
Evening star., 1948-07-18
u. S.-Born Ex-Editor
OF London Paper Dies
BY The Assoeioisd Press

DUNMOW, Essex. England. July
II. = Ralph D. Blumenfeld, "a,
American-born former editor of the
London Daily Express, died today.
He began his newspaper career in
the composing room of his fathers
country paper in Wisconsin, sub
sequently taking job as a reporter
on the old Chicago Herald
Later. he served as a foreign cor
respondent for the United Press.
editor of the New York Evening
Telegram, London correspondent of
the old New York Herald and news
editor of the London Daily Mail.
He became editor of the London
Daily Express in 1902. holding the
post for 80 years, and then was
named chairman of the Board of
Directors.
He was the author of several
books, among them "Exiled In Eng
land" Perhaps best known, how
ever, was Home Town." an account
Of his boyhood days In Watertown,
Wis, where he was born.