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Evening star., 1948-08-29
More Strict Regulation
Of BicycIists Ordered

Stricter enforcement of trafhc
laws pertaining to bicycles was or
dered yesterday by Inspector Floyd
A. Truscott, assistant superintend-
ent of police.
Pointing to the increase in in
juries and fatalities of bicyclists, ~
Inspector Truscott said it had been
brought to his attention that there
had been an increasing number of
violations of traffic regulations by
persons riding bicycles.
He called upon the commanding
officers of the IS police precincts
to direct members of their COM
mands to strictly enforce all regu-
lations.
Among the violations cited by In
spector Truscott were disregard for
traffic lights, riding on the wrong
side of the street against traffic,
riding on the sidewalks, riding with
out lights, entering one-way streets
from the wrong direction, and ride
ing two or more on the frame of
the bicycle or the handle bars.
Evening star., 1948-08-29
Veterans Urged 10 Apply
Immediately for Tuition

Veterans entering schools for the
first time this Fall under the CT
Bill were urged last night to apply
Immediately for certificates max
ing them eligible for tuition and
subsistence.
The certificates are needed to
compute the amount of eligible
training time available to veterans,
according to their lengths of mill
Evening star., 1948-08-29
|Civiton Summer Outino
To Be Held Tuesduy

The annual summer outing of ths
Washington Civitan Club will be
held Tuesday at the Bethesda Coun-
try Club.
A family affair" the outing will
begin at noon. Activities for mem
bers, friends and relatives will in
clude golf, tennis, horseshoe pitch
ing, swimming and a buffet supper
at Z pm.
The groups regular weekly lunch
con will not be held Tuesday.
At Swalecliffe, England, a dog
fish bit a fisherman's dog.
Evening star., 1948-08-29
Open House for. Chemists

The Naval Medical Center and
National Institute of Health, both
in Bethesda, Md, viii hold open
house next Wednesday for members
Of the American Chemical Society
attending the organizations annual
meeting opening here Monday.
Evening star., 1948-08-29

tary service. II possible veterans
should apply for the certificates 80
days before school opens.
The requests, which must be ac-
companied by certified or photo
static copies of veterans discharge
papers, should be made at the
Washington regional Office of the
Veterans Administration, 1926 II
street NV.
Evening star., 1948-08-29

Paraguay has increased minimum
wages Of employees In commerce and
industry.
Evening star., 1948-11-03
West Virginia Elects
NeeIy, Ignores Lewis
To Support Truman
BY the Associoted Press

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Nov. s.
West Virginia, where the coal
miners came out by the thousands
to vote. took away q Republican
Senate seat and handed its eight
electoral votes to President Truman
in yesterdays balloting, despite
John L. Lewis plea for Dewey
vote.
With 2,l71 of the States 2,7e5 pre-
cincts reported early today, all
Statewide Democratic candidates
seemingly had insurmountable leads.
The Democratic trend became evi-
dent at the start Of tabulations and
was not headed.
Matthew M. Nicely, 73-year-old
former Senator, Governor and
House member, was headed back
to the Senate seat he held three
times before. It was turnabout for
the veteran campaigner. Senator
Revercomb, Republican, defeated
him in l942.
Mr.. Neely had corralled q total
Of 36o,273 votes to 261 ,943 for SEN
ator Revercomb. Six years ago
Mr.. Neely lost by 4s,771 votes.
President Truman's tally reached
359,1e7. against 257,l35 for Gov.
Dewey. Henry A. Wallace had
2,403.
Okey L. Patteson, Democratic
nominee for Governor, enjoyed
much the same ratio as the rest,
polling 30S,5S8 In 1857 precincts, to
225, 400 for Herbert Boreman.
All six Democratic House nominees
were In the lead.
The United Mine Workers, who
came out strongly against Senator
Revercomb, turned out q heavy vote
In the coal fields and their ballots
were scoring in the counting for Mr..
Nicely.
The UNIV leaders had asked the
100, 900 miners to vote for Mr.. Nicely,
then split their tickets and vote for
Gov. Dewey. There was little to
indicate that they had needed the
latter part Of the appeal.
Evening star., 1948-11-03
Metropolis View Citizens
Hear Talk on Covenants

The Metropolis View Citizens AS
sociation was told last night that
"the Supreme Court viii some day
declare enforceable the restrictive
covenants that present members Of
the court have declared valid but
unenforceable."
Clifford H. Newell, past president
Of the Federation of Citizens' As
sociations, said segregation is the
result Of tensions, not the cause of
them, but disturbances are being
caused by some people belonging to
groups that receive their orders
from behind the iron curtain"
The meeting was held in the
Crosby Noyes School, Tenth and
Franklin streets NE.
Evening star., 1948-11-03

be sold, are owned by John r. Nc
Lean II and Edward B. Mclean,
Mrs. McLean's sons. the petition
said.
The furs. appraised by a furrier
at the $1,000 figure, include Rus
sian sable coat, listed as being worth
$4,000; a silver blue mink jacket,
$500, and chinchilla cape, $4,000.
Other items are a bird Of paradise
fox jacket, $40; silver fox jacket,
$40, and 2 one-skin silver fox
scarves, no value"
Mr.: Reynolds, in his petition, ex-
Evening star., 1948-11-03
Mrs. McLeon's Fur Collection,
Valued at $1,000, to Be Sold

An $lS,0l0 collection of furs which
belonged to the late Evalyn Walsh
Mclean, famed Washington hostess,
will be sold, probably at auction in
New York, 1t was disclosed in Dis
trict Court yesterday.
Robert r. Reynolds, former North
Carolina Senator and son-in-law of
Mrs. Mclean, was granted authority
by Judge Bolitha j. Laws to sell
the one-third share In the furs Of
his daughter, Mamie Spears Rey-
nolds, 8.
The remaining two-thirds, also to
Evening star., 1948-11-03
John E. Cole, 70, Dies;
Ex-WuIl Street Official
ey the Assoeioted Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Nov. s.
John Edward Cole, 10, who was ac-
tive in Wall Street circles for 10
years until his retirement in 1916,
died at his home here yesterday.
Mr.. Cole was former controller
for the Wall Street firm of Lehman
Bros. and first treasurer for Leh-
man Bros, Inc. He was a native of
New York City.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Maude Cole, and q daughter, Mrs.
Norma Rohoser, both of st. Peters,
burg.
Evening star., 1948-11-03

planned the furs did not lend them.
selves to a division. Even so, they
would be of little use to Mamie, he
said, because by the time she would
be old enough to use them, they
would be considerably deprecated
and out Of style.
He stated also he had been ad-
Evening star., 1948-11-03
PTA to Hear Libroriuns

Miss Ruth keenan,, Prince Georges
County librarian, will address a
meeting Of the Camp Springs CMd.)
Parent-Teacher Association at
o'clock tonight at the Camp Springs
School. Books and People" q de-
scriptive film. will be shown.
Evening star., 1948-11-03

vised by q Washington furrier that,
In view Of the wide variety of items
and the total value involved, the
District would not be as good a
Evening star., 1948-11-03

place for an advantageous sale as \
larger city such as New York. The
petition said the Parke-Bernet Gal.
ieries, Ire, had been contacted.
, 1948-05-08
P Bib

It is hereby brought to pub
lie notice that the Government
of the Virgin Islands Of the
United States has this date
authorized the Reverend Glad
stone A. Lynton of the Chris
tan Mission Church, to per
form civil-religious ceremon-
les in the Virgin Islands.
Government of the Virgin Is
lands of the United States
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas,
V. l. May S, 1913.
Morris F. de Castro
Government Secretary
, 1948-05-08
SHIPPING SCHEDULE

The SIS. John w. MackaY"
is scheduled TO sail from New
York. May 18th. l949. and is
due at Frederiksted on or
about May 23rd. ls4s. accept
ing freight for Trinidad. Guam
ia. Caripito. Georgetown. Par
amarillo.
, 1948-05-08

The S. S. "Alcoa Cavalier"
Northbound is due at Freder-
iksted May 18th. l94s. 6,Oo A.
M. sailing ll:O0 Am. for New
York accepting passengers and
freight. All documents should
be presented at the office not
later than Tuesday May 18th.
le48.
Alcoa Steamship Company Inc
RoB.T L. MERWIN and CO..
INC. Agents
, 1948-05-08
STATEMENT OF
HON. WILLIAM H. HASTE,
GOVERNOR
OF THE VIRGIN A N

Mr.. Mason. Just one more
question. You do not export
garden produce to amount to
anything, and you say that
you cannot develop that be-
cause of the climate?
Governor HASTE. For l or 2
months, we do; around Febru-
airy and March.
Mr.. Mason. How much do
you import of garden produce
from the nearby British pos
sessions, and SO forth?
Governor HASTE, / have
some figures here on that.
Mr.. Mason. All Of that en-
tiers into your economy as to
whether it is self-sustaining
or not. l don't care to have ex-
act figures, but | was just try
ing to get a general picture.
Governor HASTE. Yes, sir.
The little island of T~ortola, a
little British island nearby, is
about the only neighboring is
land from which we import.
The figures that / have here
show that the monthly import
of vegetables is a little over
1000 pounds, .WhichS is very
small.
Mr.. Mason. What | was try
, 1948-05-08

ing to get at is: Do you export
garden produce or foodstuff<
to the amount that you import
them?
Governor HASTE. No we dc
not.
Mr.. Mason. So, l take it thai
your balance of trade is I'm.
favorable?
Governor HASTE. The bal.
ance of trade is very unfavor.
able, because we bring in a lot
of canned goods from the Uni.
ted States during those 8 ore
months in the year when we
cannot produce more.
Mr.. Kean. Your economic
crash in the 1920's was due tc
prohibition, / suppose?
Governor HASTE. Yes.
Mr.. Kean. To a large extent?
Governor HASTE. Yes.
On the other hand--firSt Oh
all, we have a marginal sugar
economy. Puerto Rico and Gu.
ba were outproducing the Vir.
gin Islands. Sugar became
very Improbable to the Vir.
gin Islands during the 1920's
and it collapsed. Then there
came prohibition and rum col.
lapsed. Then, with the faster
ships, there was less need tc
stop for coal and fuel, there.
fore lessening the importance
of St. Thomas as a fueling
port.
So, everything hit at about
the same time.
Mr.. Kean. As far as this
$500, 900 limitation is concern
ed, which was put over in the
Senate, perhaps the reason for
that was the experience that
they had in Puerto Rico dur
ing the wartime when there
was a tremendous demand fol
rum.
I believe that Puerto Rice
got an unconscionable sum Of
, 1948-05-08
NOTICE

NO Hunting
or otherwise on Estate Cotton
Valley and Tates Bay. /.
Any one found on said Es-
tates will be dealt with ac-
cording to law.
James Peter Skov
, 1948-05-08


and blew, and perhaps there j
some reason for trying to worl
out some limitation in case o
an emergency.
Governor HASTE. l am no.
in a position to say what wa
in the minds of the Member
of the Senate. It is quite pos
sible that there was.
Mr.. Reed. You are not re
|ferring to Mr.. Rex Tugwell
are you?
Mr.. Kean. | am not referring
to his folly, Governor. !
The point you made abou.
the 100000 and the $500, 0Ot
is perfectly true. You woulc
get an average far below $500
900 if your amount fluctuated
Governor HASTE. That is cor
rect.
Mr.. Mills. Mr.. Chairman
may l ask a few questions?
Mr.. Reed. Mr.. Mills will in
quire.
Mr.. Mills. Governor, let M
revert for a moment to the
question asked by Mr.. Curti.
| believe you told M. Curt.
that your legislative assembly
is elected?
Governor HASTE. Thet i,
correct.
Mr.. Mills Is one of the func
tons of the legislative assem-
bly, to appropriate for govern.
mental expenditures out of the
revenues of the government
Governor HASTE. That is right
and that is handled in much
the same way as it is in the
States. One of the reasons
have to rush back is to put il
some last ticks on the budget
Mr.. Mills. In other words
you submit the budget, and thu
legislative assembly then APP.
propriates either above or be
low the actual amount which
is requested. Do you exercise
a veto?
Governor HASTE. I exercise
a veto, and it is a someWhar
unusual veto in that on appro.
priation bills only / can veto
a particular item.
Mr.. Mills. Then, when the
money is made available by
the legislative assembly, it is
, 1948-05-08

ercise complete control over
the revenues derived under
this legislation?
Governor HASTE. That is
true.
Mr.. Mills. And you would
exercise control over the use
of the revenue?
Governor Haste. Yes.
Mr.. Mills That would not be
left, then, to the determina-
ton of the locally elected as
sembly?
Governor Haste. That is
correct.
Mr.. Mills. That is all, Mr..
Chairman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-08-05
Farm Bureau
Annual Picnic
Next Thursday

Farm Bureau members and
friends anticipate a good time at
the annual picnic to be held on
Thursday, August II at the new
Montgomery County Agricultural
Center, Gaithersburg. Beginning
at 10 A. M, full days activities
have been planned.
Softball, volleyball and various
other games and contests for chill
dren and adults will be played. At
IL A. NJ. Baby Contest, for
which there will be three classes,
will be held. A Farm Queen" will
be picked at 2 P. M, and specifi-
cations include a bonafide farm
connection, age 1918, single, in
formal, afternoon attire, to be
judged 500 for personality and
500 activities. Former state win
ners are barred.
Lunch must be brought, but
soft drinks will be ON sale and
ice cream will be served by the
Farm Bureau. There will be music
by the Browningsville Band.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-08-05
"Kinsey's" Seeks Report
On Sassafras Stumps

1The stump measures SO inches
across and the living tree was APP
proximately 100 feet tall. Old
timers in Gaithersburg and tran
sients who have stopped at the
filling station, have all expressed
amazement at the size Of the
stump and claim they have never
seen one as large.
Harry r. Smith, one Of the local
residents who has moved here in
the past few years, states that
there is a sassafras tree in Texas
supposed to be the largest in the
world that Is not as large as that
belonging to Mr.. Hayward.
Forest Walker tells us that the
life Of the average sassafras Is
very short as the tree is subject to
decay and they seldom grow over
six or eight inches around.
The members Of "Kinsey's
Cracker Barrel" are asking that
anyone who knows Of a sassafras
tree as large, or larger, than theirs
will kindly contact them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-08-05
Giant Carnival
In Mount Airy
Aug. 16 Thru Il

The Mt. Airy Lions Club is hard
at work planning its annual event
which promises to be the largest
ever held in the community.
Under the leadership of carnival
chairman, Rogers Topper, this
service club not only has lined up
numerous rides and games, but
excellent free entertainment in
Guiding Dapper Dan and Happy
Johnny. On Wednesday at 1 P. M.
an old time tournament with fine
horses and riders is being held at
the park. The public is invited and
there will be no charge to specta-
tors. Friday and Saturday nights
offer several surprises which are
not being publicly announced at
this time. Dancing is promised
Wednesday through Saturday
nights.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-08-05
Draft Board
To Be Set Up
Here Shortly

According to Col. Henry C. STAN
wood of Baltimore, recently APP
pointed by President Truman to
head the State selective service
system, a roster of draft board
members for each Maryland coun-
ty is expected to be completed in a
few days.
Col. Stanwood said boards will
be set up in Silver Spring, Be-
thesda and Rockville, the same sys-
TEN that existed during the war.
While members Of the Montgom-
cry Board have not been definitely
lined up, Col. Stanwood said he ex-
pected to draw heavily on those
who served in the same capacity
before.
Stephen C. Cromwell, former
chairman of the Rockville board,
said ne was willing to serve again.
The other two former members
are P. G. Lyon and A. r. Selby.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-08-05
BIZ Elizabeth Schroeder

Many old timers bemoan the
passing of the general store in
rural communities. The mourners
seem to feel that with the closing
of such stores, all the social life
has gone from the town. However
in Gaithersburg, a few men gather
now and then to keep up the "old
cracker barrel session"
At Kinsey's Service Station a
group of local men are making a
challenge! They claim they have
the stump Of the largest sassafras
tree ever to grow in the east, pos
sibly the whole country. The tree
has been recently cut from the
grounds Of the home Of Ralph
Hayward who purchased the place
from the Walter Stone estate and
which was formerly owned by C..
c. Crawford.
The age Of the tree has been
figured from the rings and Is
given as approximately los years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-08-05
Sentinel AID Restores
Lost Dog To Owner

Mr.. and Mrs. Angelo Marcuc-
clio and their four daughters,
formerly of New York City,
purchased the former Walton
home on Diamond Avenue, Cal /.
thersburg, In June. The family
moved TO town with their white
Spitz dog the latter part Of the
month. Not being acclimated to
a dogs life in a small town, the
dog was kept up, but one morn
ing, being tantalized by a bird
close by, the dog pulled away
from his mistress and gave
chase. Last week Mrs. Marcue-
clio ran an ad in the SENTINEL
for the lost dog. Shortly after
the paper came on on Friday
Mrs. Marcuccio received a
phone call and the dog was
foundl He had wandered over
tc Bowman's Mill and Sterling
Bowman, seeing the New York
tags and the trailing leash, ask
ed one Of his employees to keep
the dog until the paper came
out, knowing that ads placed in
the SENTINEL bring resultsl
Mr.. Marcuccio is employed in
the stone contracting business
in Washington. Mrs. MarcuceIo
told the SENTINEL that she was
active in Parent Teacher work
in New York, and the four
daughters are certainly an as
set to any town.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-08-05
G'Burg Labor
Day Program
Plans Discussed

DIR. Forte H. Sandison, president
of the Gaithersburg Washington
Grove Fire Department, was guest
of WGAY's Ernie Tanner, "Com-
munity Reporter" on the noon
time broadcast Friday. DR.. Sandi-
son discussed the plans for the
Departments annual Labor Day
celebration.
This year the parade will be
larger than ever before in cele-
bration of the 10th anniversary of
the Department. DR.. Sandison
said. almost $1,000 is being
given away in prizes. Some Of
the prizes will go to the drum
and bugle corps which has been
divided into two corps, with a
1925 first prize for each group and
a silver cup for second. Other
prizes will be awarded for other
events"
The slogan "Spend Labor Day
in Gaithersburg" means that full
day has been planned for all parti-
cipants. Especially honored will be
those youngsters who were born
10 years ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-08-05
Circuit Court
Decision To
Be Appealed

David E. Belts, speaking for,
himself and Hubert A. Schneider
of Bethesda who filed the original,
suit, says: ~ !
I'VE were surprised and greatly,
disappointed to learn today that
the Charter Committee had decid-,
ed not to appeal the recent deci-
sion of the Circuit Court in Rock
vile which declared uncopstitu-l
tional certain provisions Of the
proposed Montgomery County
Charter. We had assumed from
statements made by responsible
persons in the Charter group, when
our test suit was initisted. that the
Charter Committee was as anxious
as we were to obtain a Anal deci-
sion from the Court of Appeals IN
Annapolis on the various legal
questions presented BY the suit.
Since the Circuit Court ruled in
our favor on all legal questions
presented, there would normally, be
no occasion for US to take an APP
peal. However, by striking the H.
valid provisions from the Charter
and directing that the balance be
submitted to the voters, additional
complications Of major Importance
have been created. In the first
place there Is q serious question
whether the Court can submit a
charter to the voters which is diff
ferent from that which the elected
Charter Board drafted. This
should be settled by the Court Of
Appeals before the election and
since the Charter Committee does
not see fit to appeal this question,
we will do so.
Furthermore, the holding by
the Court that appropriations are
legislative In character raises an
other serious problem. The Char
ter provides that all legislation
may be subject to a referendum. by
ne people. When this provision
was included In the Charter It was
never intended to cover appropria-
tons because the Charter Commit
Continued on Page p
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-08-05
Charter Group
Busily Planning
Its Campaign

The Montgomery County Char
ter Committee, commenting on the
recent court decree placing the
charter on the November ballot,
says that it believes no further le-
gal action was necessary. The
Committee is planning vigorous
campaign.
The unconstitutional provision
stricken from the instrument by
the court decree specified that an
annual budget should be adopted
in June. The court held Maryland
law requires charter government
to adopt the budget in May.
The Charter statement runs:
"The Montgomery County Char
ter Committee Ia pleased with the
decision of the circuit court deny
ing the attempt of Hubert Schnei-
der to keep the charter off the bal
lot.
1.-THE Committee halls the decree
which holds that the charter, rs
modified in a minor part, is work.
able, constitutional, and shall be
placed on the ballot in November.
The group believes that no further
action is necessary, but if the OPP
position should appeal the decree,
the Charter Committee will, of
course, take appropriate legal ac-
ton to oppose that appeal. Char
ter supporters will now proceed
vigorously with their campaign"
The Committee announced that
it would Immediately call meetings
of the field division workers, and
laid plans for a full membership
meeting Of the charter committee
during the week of September 20.
In another action, the Charter
Committee commended the Board
of Election Supervisors and their
counsel, headed by Judge Carey
Quinn, for their able, objective and
successful defense of the recent
suit.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-08-05
Rockcrest Citizens Asso.
Off To A Good Start

The Rockcrest Citizens Associa-
ton got off to a good start at
its organization meeting held Sat
urday evening, July 81 in the
Viers Mill Church, with MEM
bership of about rs. About 80 at
tended.
A committee of four was ap-
pointed for the purpose of draw
ing up a set of bylaws for the
use of the association. A general
membership committee, consisting
of all those present, was named.
A special meeting will be called
for consideration of the bylaws
and confirmation of the temporary
officers: president, Balfour O..
Lytton; vice-president, Richard
Perkins; secretary, Thelma Osin-
ski and treasurer, Eleanor Camp
bell. At that time the Board of
Directors and the Executive Com
mittee will be elected along with
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-08-05

eight or ten committees, among
which will be a competent and
hitting playground commit
tee. The Rockcrest Bridge Com
mittee will be given added
strength.
The president urges all those in
Rockcrest, to affiliate themselves
with this association by calling
him at Rockville 3549; Mr.. Osin-
ski at Rockville 2403; Mr.. Camp
bell, Rockville 1864 or Mr.. Perkins,
Rockville 1869. The entire popula-
ton will be invited to attend the
special meeting and become men,
bers.
Approved as honorary members
were: Clayton Gasque,. president
of Rockville Chamber of Com
merce; Judge Donald A. Delash-
mutt; Val Wilson, Chief of the
Rockville Volunteer Fire Depart
ment; and DR.. Hugh Dawson,
Rockville Civic Association.