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Evening star., 1948-05-23

a request from small boy who
wants barred owl badly. He
wants to use the bird as a decoy to
entice crows within shotgun range.
An owl exposed in the daytime will
draw as many crows as jay birds,
which take delight in plucking
feathers from a bird that may de-
your them after dark.
DR.. Mann is still uncertain as to
whether he should supply the young
hunter with an owl.
AS for Mr.. Clardy, he feels this
is DR.. Mann's problem now that he
has plenty of owls.
Evening star., 1948-05-23
Delinquent Notices
Sent Many Who Paid
D. {. Taxes on Time

The District tax collector sent
personal property tax delinquent
notices this month to several
thousand residents who actually
paid their taxes before the March
81 deadline, officials admitted yester-
day.
They blamed inability Of the per-
sonal tax Office to credit the large
volume of payments which poured
into the District Building during the
last few weeks of March for the
erroneous delinquent mailing.
Tax Collector Guy M. Pearson
said between 10000 and $4,000 de-
linquent notices were mailed during
the first week in May, on notice
from the personal tax Office.
AT least 200 people have called
to complain that they had paid the
tax on time, and we learned that
several thousand of the payments
had not been posted by the personal
tax Office" he declared.
Unable to Credit Returns.
UdIllCS -, Vudl Glily SlllC1 VI lllC PCA
sonal tax office, said his workers
began sending delinquent notices to
Mr.. Pearson during the last week
in April. At that time. he said, the
office had not been able to credit
returns that poured in just before
the deadline because of the great
volume"
This year. he said, I'VE had
S., 900 accounts. That was 1900
more assessments than We had last
year" Mr.. Martin said there was
an unpaid balance of s385 900 on the
personal property books as of the
end of April and that I'VE didn't
want to waste any time getting the
notices out"
Mr.. Martin said there was a note
at the bottom of each delinquency
notice, instructing residents to dis
regard the demand for payment If
taxes had been paid.
Despite the note, however, about
200 residents were concerned enough
to make personal complaints, Mr..
Pearson said.
Up to Date on May 1.
Mr.. Martin said the erroneous
notices all included cases referred
to the tax collector during April.
BY May l, he said, the Office was
able to credit all the returns that
had been received.
But notice of the crediting was
not passed along to the tax col
lector's Office in time to stop the
delinquency letters, even though
payments had been certified by the
property tax office, Mr.. Pearson
stressed.
The current unpaid balance will
be determined at the end of this
month. Mr.. Martin said.
Additional personnel were at work
in the property tax office this year,
but nearly all of them were at work
or development of new assessment
accounts, the official said. He pre-
dicted that the 5000 1948 assess
ments will grow to 10000 next year.
Personal property forms for 1949
will be mailed. to District residents
next month, Mr.. Martin said. When
they are returned the tax office
then will mail tax bills during
August, payable in two installments
September and next March. Resi-
dents who elect to pay the entire
amount next March will receive
"nondemand" delinquent notices
for the September payment around
the end Of the year.
Evening star., 1948-05-23
Ralph FIynt Named Aide
To DR.. John Studebuker

Ralph c. M. Flynt, former assist
ant director of the central services
division of the Office of Education,
has been appointed executive assist
ant to DR.. John w. Studebaker, edu-
cation commissioner, it was an
nounced yesterday.
DR.. Studebaker said Lane c. Ash
of Philadelphia will fill the vacancy
created by Mr.. Flynt's promotion
Mr.. Flynt succeeds Kenneth o
Warner who will become director OF
the institutional resources survey
staff of the National Security Re-
sources Board.
Mr.. Flynt lives at Russell road
Alexandria
Evening star., 1948-05-23
Five Detectives
Due 10 Retire
For Disability
Inspector Keck Also
Expected to Leave
Force on July !
By J. Theodore Grown

Five veteran detectives are eX'
pected to leave the Detective Bureau
by way of disability retirements az
of July l, it was learned last night
This is believed to be one of the
largest simultaneous retirements
from single bureau in recent years
and will mean the loss of severa
experts.
Scheduled to appear before the
Board of Police and Fire Surgeons
this week are:
Acting 1t. Dewey Guest, head OF
the check and fraud squad.
Detective Sergt Timothy Fitz-
gerald. the Police Departments one
man bicycle squad.
Detective Sergt. Samuel Scott
cclored, said to be one of the most
expert operatives in the field OF
subversive activities in the East.
Detective Sergt. William v. Chris
tian of the fugitive squad.
Detective Sergt. Curtis Trammell
of the fugitive squad.
Keck Due to Retire.
Also expected to appear before the
Board of Police and Fire Surgeons
this week is Inspector Ira E. Keck,
whose disability retirement was
forecast earlier by The Star.
The six men are all on sick leave.
If their disabilities are confirmed,
they will be considered for retire
ment at the June meeting of the
Police and Firemens Retirement
Board with retirement effective
July ].
A former marine. 1t. Guest has
made name for himself in tracking
down fraud cases. A longtime mem
Der of the Detective Bureau, he has
served on several of it's squads, His
illness was reported to be nervous
condition.
Sergt. Fitzgerald, 81, joined the
force in 1920 after service in the
Navy and has been with the bicycle
squad since 1927. He is credited with
locating more stolen bicycles than
any other policeman.
ScOtt'S Record Cited.
Sergt Scott was one of the original
members of the subversive squad
and was attached to it for num-
Der of years until his promotion
raised him above the rank for serv-
ice on what is now known as the
special Investigations squad He
was one of the Washington police
men assigned to infiltrate Commun-
ist ranks and ride to the Capital
from Uniontown, Pa. in a Commun-
tst demonstration early in the 1905.
; He is considered an authority on
coiored Communists in Washington
and can pick them out by name at
meetings. Now assigned to the
homicide squad. he has been i'll with
q heart condition.
Sergt. Trammell, better known as
"Cornbread." has been on the force
since 1914 and detective sergeant
since 1925. He has served as act
ing lieutenant in charge of the De-
tective Bureau and on various head
quarters squads. He has been on
sick leave for several months.
Sergt. Christian, an ex-Marine,
was assigned to the Third Precinct
for many years At police head
quarters. he has served on the rob-
berry squad as we'll as the fugitive
SQUAD. He has been in Mount Alto
Hospital recovering from heart at
tack
Evening star., 1948-05-23

since the appetites of the young
owls kept increasing and there was
no decline in the price of liver, Mr..
Clardy decided yesterday to take the
two young owls to the Zoo to rejoin
their mother.
Zoo Director William M. Mann
said he was very happy to get them
in view of the fact that the Zoo
only had about half a dozen barred
owls in cages, This number does
not include those which haunt the
park on dark nights, looking for
company and such of Uncle Sans
rations as might be pulled outside
the cages.
Only Yesterday DR.. Mann received
Evening star., 1948-05-23
Rockville PTA Group to Meet

The final meeting of the school
year of the Rockville Parent
Teacher Association Study Group
will be held at 8 pm. Tuesday at
the high school. The group will
elect a new chairman and hear a
report on the system of testing used
in the elementary school.
Evening star., 1948-05-23
Reception to Honor
Alexandra Pastor

The Rev. Clifford r. johnson,
nastor of the Westminster Pres
bvterian Church, Alexandria, will
be honored at a reception today
celebrating his receipt Of doctor
OF theology degree from the Union
Theological Seminary, Richmond.
The reception will be held at the
church, 2701 Cameron Mills road,
from 3 to 4:30 o'clock. 1t is spon'
sored by the women Of the church.
Mrs. o. l.. Bolton Is general chaHs
man.
Evening star., 1948-05-23

which is to dis
tribute funds re-
ceived for Red
Feather agencies
here through the
annual Commu-
nifty Chest Fed
:e r a tion cam
paign.
William j. Nc
Manus, C h a j r.
man of the in
terim commit
t e e organizing
UCS to replace
the Washington
&C o m m u n ! t y
Evening star., 1948-05-23
Civituns Plan Scout Day

The Civitan Club will have a
"Boy Scout Day" program at its
luncheon Tuesday at the Mayflower
Hotel at 1890 pm. Comdr. w. D.
Thompson will speak on The Citi-
rem Of Tomorrow.
Evening star., 1948-05-23
Robert Wilson
Named 10 Head
.UCS Budget
q Others Chosen
To Assist Him
On Committee

Robert w. Wilson, Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. official, will head the
new budget committee Of United
Community Services of Washington,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-01
DON'T BE A COPY CAT
by T. T. Holden

There Is a certain view OF New
Works skyline which must have
been the subject for tens Of thou.
sands Of photographs. Every ANA.
teur camera fan interested in pho
tographing the city eventually finds
the spot from which this picture
was taken and proceeds to shoot a
duplicate.
Too many amateurs are afflicted
with this desire to copy other peo-
pies pictures. They will see a fine
photograph in a magazine and i'm.
mediately set out to initiate II. At
camera clubs and lectures they
wait until an expert has set up all
the elements OF a good picture and
then content themselves with shoot.
ing away at his pose. his lighting,
and his composition. There Is too
much copy cat picture-making. as a
glance at the entries in any salon
OF contest will attest. and much too
little original thinking shown by
today's amateur photographers.
No. II is not against the law to
initiate better photographers for
your own pleasure. But II also is
no. a good way to improve your
own creative. ability. and the re-
suits cannot possibly give you the
same satisfaction you will get from
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your own original work When you
find a book you like. you wouldn't
waste the time and effort to sit
down and copy It word for word.
Yet copying other peoples pictures
is just about the same thing.
Study the experts pictures all
you like. II is an excellent way to
learn lighting and composition. Try
TO improve on their efforts by han.
ding the same material differently.
Experiment all you wish. but don't
be content to be a copy cat.
II you concentrate upon original
treatments Of original subjects, you
will find you will make few pic.
lures. but spend most Of your time
looking for them. This is as II
should be. The more time and
thought you put into finding a pic.
ture subject, the better your
chances of making the kind OF pho.
tograph you will be really proud
to show as your work. Photogra.
piers who spend all their time
swapping away at subjects too often
are so busy with the mechanics OF
picture-making that they don't
bother to put the thought into their
work which is the only way yet
discovered to make really fine
pictures.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-01
General Macarthur
Not Out of Race

Not long ago l met two gentlemen
shortly returned from Tokyo.
Both had had lengthy interviews
with General Macarthur. They
agreed that if, sometime next
spring, the general we're to return
on a visit to the United States and
if he accepted invitations from a
number of cities to attend demon
STATIONS in his favor, it could be
written down with certainty that he
was an active candidate for the Re-
publican nomination.
He never said he would be. He
nlver limited that such was his
intention. But he talked a great
deal about duty" chiefly the
duty he now is performing for
his country in Japan, a task
that must end soon. When it
ends the implication was that if
there were no further duties, the
General would return to a very
private life. But there was
enough stress on the word
duty" (plus other faint signs
in the political heavens) to con-
vince my friends that If duty
called from the Republican ma
tional convention hall in PhiIa-
delphia, the general, as Is his
custom, would answer it duti-
fully.
1t since has been announced that
General Macarthur will visit Amer.
lea in the spring. His program has
not been announced.
According to the 10th Century
fund, cotton supplies more than
three-fourths of all fiber consumption
in the United States. Now l know
what they put into my breakfast
food.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-01
Proving Our Beliefs

JUNIOR boys and girls will like
- this story about Lydia because it
is practical. We can see woman
opening her home to the preachers
of God. We can see her in her place
of business, inviting her customers
to come and hear Paul preach. She
was living sermon.
Every junior boy and girl in
every Sunday school in the United
States can render the same vital
service during 1913. There are
literally millions of boys and girls
in this country who have never
been to Sunday school. They do
not know anything about Sum
day school, but they would like to
know.
You can start movement in
your community that will solve
problems that the mayor and police
cannot solve. They will thank you
for your help. and God will bless
you in time and eternity Invite that
neighbor boy or girl to Sunday
school.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-01
4-Mile Walk On
1O3rd BIRTHDAY

Scranton, Pa.-Mrs. John Slazyk
of nearby Avoca, celebrated her
103rd birthday by walking -four
miles through the woods in scarce
of mushrooms-one of her favorite
dishes. She brought back a half.
basket of mushrooms and gathered
four buckets of coal from a near.
by mining operation to put then
aside for the winter. To complete
the day, she worked in her garden
and fed her flock of so chickens.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-01

During initial training, the trainee
would be entitled to benefits of the
soldiers and sailors civil relief act
of 1910 and to the death and dis
ability benefits furnished civilian
employees of the government.
AS to the educational factor. the
report of the subcommittee on edu-
cation, a division of the UNIT civil
ian advisory committee which WIS.,
its the Fort Knox experimental unit
regularly, set forth the principle
that UNIT should be so flexible that
a man could return to school or TO
his civilian occupation without
loss of considerable time; and there
fore, it is more advantageous TO
maintain the six-month period of
initial training with minimum of
education than to prolong this pc
riod of training and permit inclu-
sion of comprehensive educational
program"
To ensure that the traince does
not lose sight o; his life objec-
tive, a well-planned counsellinc
program is recommended. 1t
would be conducted by an edu-
catiOnal staff including trained
psychologist.
The six-month training period
where the accent is on the military
is by no means ALL military. Bay
onet practice and dirty fighting"
nave been eliminated, and out OF the
entire six months only $50 hours are
devoted to actual training. the rest
TO processing and orientation.
There is a once-a-week lecture on
citizenship and morality, and gen.
eral information is included in the
regular troop information period. IN
the experimental unit at Fort Knox.
says the Army Information Digest:
ut is not uncommon for the officer
OF the day. while inspecting a rifle
at daily guard mount to ask the
trainee: Who is the secretary Of
war; or Who heads our diplomatic
mission to Moscow
The relationship between
trainer and trainee, according
to the Digest, is not that Of SER
geant and recruit, but rather of
instructor and pupil.
Nearly so per cent Of the men at
Fort Knox participate in the off,
duty educational program. and some
have completed graduation from
high school by this route.
According to the Digest report
made in June. 1.-THE barracks smell"
OF profanity and obscenity does
not exist Without in any way sac
rifclng virility. the Digest claims
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-01
Left $4,000, Charwoman
Still Works

Portland, Ore.-Although named
sole beneficiary of the estate of
David d. Glen, which is expected
to total at least $4,000, Mrs.
Amelia Bowman Dean, a cleaning
woman for % years, went to work
Es usual in an Office building after
being notified of her fortune. She
declares, "I'll quit when l get the
money"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-01
Belated Thanks

Buchanan, Va. - Special Officer
0. d. Lemon, a law enforcement
officer for nearly 40 years, recently
received a citation from the Blu
reau of Internal Revenue of the
Treasury Department, commencing
his cooperation with Federal agents
IN alcohol tax enforcement work.
The services were performed, the
citation says, 81 years ago - in
1910.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-01
Belief Makes a Difference

YOU are what you believe. Ask
L the football or basketball coach.
Ask the man who teaches people to
fly planes in your community. You
are what you believe. Every one
who believes that Jesus is the Christ
is a child of God" l John ST..
And II matters greatly what you
believe. You can go wrong very cas-
lily by believing what is false about
God, just as you can go wrong very
easily in flying plane by failing to
believe the right thing about the
laws Of physics.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-01
The Story Of lydia

GEE how the above truths are
- borne out in the story of Lydia.
Acts 16:11-15. Here was prosper
Gus business woman, making an
honorable living, whose heart the
Lord opened" Paul taught her the
way of salvation. She and her house
hold were baptized, she took Paul
and his helpers into her home, and
became a tower of strength as the
Gospel was being spread through
out Europe.
Lydia was not attracted to Paul
by his eloquent preaching, but by
the story of Gods love which Paul
faithfully gave. And when she had
been saved, she began immedi-
ately to translate her faith into
works.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-01

the extra duty activities offered
by UNIT experimental unit at
Fort Knox.
Der Of options which the trainee can
exercise. He can remain for an addi-
t:onal six months training in the
national security training corps; he
can enlist in the armed services.
the national guard. or the enlisted
reserve corps with assignment to an
organized unit; he can enter one Of
the service academies; take special
list or technical work at an ap-
proved college, or exercise other
alternatives.
For those who cannot accept any
Of the above-named options, there is
enlistment in the enlisted reserve
corps for six years. with active
duty requirements of not more than
80 days a year.
The first experimental unit at
. Fort Knox has just about completed
the second cycle of its training,
the first cycle having ended in July.
Since last January, a civilian adj
visory committee Of "a men and
women has served continuously, Wis
iting the unit individually and in
groups. They have observed the
trainees at work. at play, on leave
in and around Louisville.
This committee, by the way.
represents a fair cross-section
OF the parents, educators, religi-
GUS leaders, newspapermen and
public officials whose interest,
either personal, professional or
patriotic, makes universal
training important TO them.
This committee says that as a re-
suit Of this year of training the boys
have benefited by definite spiritual
and moral training. self-expression
through individual hobbies. training
for leadership. and respect for au-
thority and the rights Of others, as
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ond six months)
would receive a
$50 cash allow
ance monthly. If
he is the chief
family support,
he would qualify
for a dependency
allowance which
would be paid
wholly by the
government. This
allowance would
be $50 a month
for one depend
ent and sos a
month for two or
nnnrn dnnondontc
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Finally Gets Tired

Los Angeles-Alleging that two
hours after he was married to Til
lie Schlauroff Wilson, on May A,
10000, he was indicted into the
United States Army and never
heard from his wife again, John
Wilson, SO, has filed suit for an
annulment on grounds of fraud or
a divorce on grounds of desertion.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-01-01
Beliefs That Matter

JESUS is the Christ, the Son Of
~ God That is the number one be-
lief that matsc-s. II was so on the
day when Jesus announced, "On
this rock | will build my church, y
Matthew 1913. II is absolutely
basic in every relationship OF life.
Inject with business and profess
s;onal men every day, in widely
varying walks of life, who tell me
that they are sustained by this be-
lief. During the recent war, men
lived in this basic relief. In these
trying days at hand and ahead,
belief in Jesus as the Son Of God
is the norm. We cannot face these
difficult days without this anchor.
And all this quarter we shall be
studying, Sunday after Sunday.
this great truth and those that
grow out Of this fundamental con-
cept.
What a privilege TO teach this
great truth! The Sunday school
teachers Of our country are the
most important single group we
have. BY their voluntary service,
they are pointing our people TO the
one sure road that leads TO the City
of God My prayer is that they shall
daily seek TO qualify under the for.
mula Of Timothy 4;l6. Take heed
unto myself, and unto the doctrine
continue in them; for in doing this
thou shalt both save thyself. anG
them that hear thee"
(Copyfight by the International Council
OF Reiig fouS Education on behalf OF ~
Pfofestant denominations Released 81
VIM Fss'ufes)
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sus in the presence Of his disciples,
which are not written in this Book;
but these are written, that we might
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God; and that believing We
might have life through his name"
John 20:30, 81. Take heed unto
myself. and unto the doctrine; con-
tinue in them: for in doing this thou
shalt both save myself, and them
that hear thee" l Timothy 4;l6.
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that "a new way of looking at things
has been created" SEX has its place
in instruction. The trainee gets a
healthy understanding of the nor
NAL place of sex in raising fam
lily, is taught that the only sure way
to avoid venereal disease is contin-
ence.
Plenty of entertainment is
provided at Fort Knox, includ-
ing canteen where soft drinks
and snacks are available, but no
alcoholic beverages are sold.
So much for the first six months.
After that period, there are num-
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Christian Living.
While many of US
have studied these
gre at tie a chin gs
again and again.
we shall be greatly
profted in the les
sons of this quarter,
looking at life in to-
d ay' s CHI a n gin g
world in the light of
t h e S e tim e ! e S S
truths. 8
"And many other
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UNIT program centcrs on a Sc
lective schedule of instructive
military training.
wei as gaining military skills
which are taught under discipline,
not egimentation.
AS one man from Louisville
put it to me: ''It's an entirely
different thing from ordinary
Gil. experiences. The boys
themselves are the best wit
neSses.'
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Beliefs That Matter
Lesson for January 4, 1913

TIE first three months of l943
L will reintroduce us to some OF
the great Christian teachings in re-
gard to God, Man, Salvation and