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Montgomery County sentinel., 1948-10-14
THE NEWS
FROM
Here And There
Nnited Nations Day

IIIItU INdIIUIIS Day
United Nations Day" will be
observed in Montgomery County
and elsewhere throughout the ma
tion on Sunday, October "a. This
day marks period of three years
since the Charter of the United
Nations came into force.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1948-10-14
Gaithersburg PIT. A.

The Gaithersburg PIT. A. will
hold its meeting Monday evening
in the gymnasium. The new part
of the gymnasium will be opened
for inspection.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Montgomery Tax
DeodIine PutOn
Aquin to Dec. 81

For the second time in a month.
the Montgomery County Commis-
sioners have extended the deadline
for payment of real estate taxes
this time to December 81.
The action was taken at the
boards meeting yesterday at the re-
quest of County Treasurer John B.
Diamond.
Mr.. Diamond explained the prep
aration Of tax bills has been delayed
because of mechanical difficulties"
in the controllers Office, where new
machinery has been installed.
As a result of the new extension,
the Il of / per cent monthly penalty
assessed against persons failing to
pay their tax bills on time will not
become effective until January l..
The bills normally become due Oc-
tober /, but the deadline was ex-
tended recently to November /. Mr..
Diamond said bills already have
been sent out to rural residents and
to about half Of those living In the
Bethesda area.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Prince Georges Line
Program Announced

Entertainment, fireworks and ap.
pearances of State and county Of
f1cials will mark the formal opening
October % of Prince Georges Coun-
tvs first beautiful entrance to
Washington at Queens Chapel road
and Eastern avenue.
L Improvement of. this entrance by
providing double lane thorough
fares, separated by median strip,
is the first of nine such projects
planned by the county
Representative Sasscer, Democrat
of Maryland, will be the principal
speaker Gov. Lane of Maryland
and Brig Gen. Gordon r. Young,
District Engineer Commissioners,
have been invited.
Theme of the celebration will be
Grow With Prince Georges" The
program will start at 7 pm. Ar
Irangements are being made by Will
liam A. Carson, preident of the
county commissioners, as chairman
'of the Arrangements Committee.
and Edgar A. Merkle, chairman Of
the commissioners advisory board.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
6 Montgomery Youths Held
In Theft Of Tires, Tubes

Montgomery County detectives
yesterday arrested six youths on
larceny charges involving the theft
of about Is tires and tubes and
nearly a dozen automobile wheels
from filling stations and garages last
month. A seventh youth was ar
rested on a charge of receiving stol-
en- goods.
Those charged with larceny are:
Grover Baker. jr., 20, German
town; Thomas S. Carter, 81, Mont
rose; James Riley, 81, Charles E.
Mossburg, jr., 20, and his brother
William. 18. all of Rockville. and
a 17-year-old Rockville youth.
Charged with receiving stolen
goods is Jesse B. Floyd, jr., a.
Washington Grove.
All are being held under $500 bond
each pending a hearing October "a
in Rockville Police Court. Detective
Sergt. G. w. Linthicum said II tires
and 10 tubes and several wheels
have been recovered. He was as
sisted in the investigation by De-
tective Sergt. Earl Stearn and De-
tectiVe Corpl. Jesse B. Day.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Oyster Man Queried
In Glen Burnie Killings
BY the Assosictsd Press

FERNDALE, Md, Oct. ia ST.
year-old oyster shucker was being
questioned today by authorities in
vestigating the 27-day-old killings
of Mary c. Kline, Is, and her escort,
John H. Mahlan, Is, OF Glen Burnie.
Chief John H. Souers. jr., of the
Anne Arundel County police force,
said the man, who is colored. had
been sought almost two weeks on
the Eastern Shore for questioning
about the double Staying
He was found yesterday in a
Baltimore oyster house, and when
he arrived at police headquarters
here, his pockets were filled with
unopened oysters.
The investigators said they were
checking his story of why he disap-
appeared from the Freetown commu-
nifty about the time of the slayings
Freetown is not far from the place
where Mr.. Mahlan's abandoned car
was found.
Chief Souers said the man was
wanted by the Hagerstown police
and is being checked thoroughly III
connection with this case"
Sergt. George Bolm OF the county
police and State Trooper j. j. Har-
baugh had made at least two pre-
vious trips to the Eastern Shore
looking for the man.
Meanwhile. two Anne Arundel
County officers took pistol to FBl
headquarters in Washington for in
spection. Chief Souers said the
weapon had been picked up in An
napolis.
Three special investigative teams,
each composed of State, county and
Baltimore City police, are working
on the case.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Virginia Road AIIocations
Put Off Until Next Spring
By the Asseeiotsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 13.-Dis-
trict road alocations in Virginia
are not to be made until some time
next spring.
This was yesterdays decision Of
the State Highway Commission here
and Commissioner James A. An
derson has enumerated several fac
tors that have led the commission
to believe that spring allocations
will be better than the annual fall
ALLEGATIONS made up to now.
He said the commission will be
better able to relate repair needs
and available revenue II the alloca-
tions hearings are held just as
close to the start of the fiscal year
as practicable.
Making the ALLEGATIONS next spring
will enable the commission to take
into consideration the damage suf-
fered by roads this winter as well
as the trend of costs and prices,
Gen. Anderson said.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Police to Curb Horns in Traffic
As Accident Prevention Move

and who tried frantically to get it
going while young man in the car
behind beeped steadily on his horn.
Would Change Places.
After a while" Mr.. Keneipp said.
"she walked back to the young mans
car If you will take my place up
there and try to start my car she
told him, I'll take your place back
here and keep your horn blowing +"
Actually, Mr.. Keneipp's campaign
has not been entirely a one-man
affair. In the first eight months
of this year, police arrested l25
District motorists for unnecessary
horn blowing. This is not a big
figure. viewed against the total of
95,l87 traffic arrests in the same
period. But it means the police are
arresting more tootlers this year
than they have. on the average, in
the last four years.
Section So of the District Traffic
Regulations makes it unlawful for
anybody to use a horn otherwise
than as a reasonable warning of
danger" 1t includes a prohibition
against horn blasts of more than
two seconds duration except in
emergencies, and it is considered
one of the strongest antitootling
ordinances in effect in this country.
Change Opposed.
A committee of the city's Traffic
Advisory Board is thinking of rec
ommending that this rule be
amended so as to conform to the
uniform traffic code" recommended
by Public Roads Administration
But the code is less tough than the
present District regulation. and In
'spector Miller and Mr. Keneipp op-
pose the change.
The officials agree that the diff
Guilty of enforcing the law lies, of
course. in the question Of judgment
as to what constitutes danger" and
"a reasonable warning"
That is why, in his new directive
to the traffic police, Inspector Miller
will tell them to concentrate on the
offender who toots at an intersec-
ton simply because the driver in
front of him does not start fast
enough to suit his fancy. This, said
Inspector Miller. is a clear case in
which no possible warning OF dam
ger is involved.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Prince Georges Boys Club
Drive for $4,000 Opens

A drive for $4,000 to help operate
the 80 units of the Prince Georges
County Boys Club was launched
this week.
Proceeds from the drive, slated to
continue through December 20, will
be used to augment money collected
during the boys clubs annual fund
raising campaign earlier this year.
Representative Sasscer, Democrat,
Of Maryland made the first con-
tribution to Ira T. Byrum, jr.,
Hyattsville, general chairman of the
fund drive.
In starting the drive, Mr.. Sasscsr
described the boys clubs as .
healthy outlet for the high spirits
and energy that are a part of every
normal boys makeup.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Druftees' and Veterans Guide
BY Maj. Thomas M. Mol

Suppose a registrant is completely
deaf but is classied la. Does he
have to travel all the way to a pre-
induction physical exam station
when it's almost certain that he will
be deferred?
The answer is-probably not.
Here's why:
Local boards are doing the best
they can to screen out all registrants
who are obviously deferable for
physical reasons. Doing this, Of
course, accomplishes two things: 1t
saves the Government the cost of
transporting registrants from their
homes to physical exam stations and
it saves the registrants lot Of un-
necessary bother.
Most local boards ask the co-opera-
ton of a doctor in deciding whether
registrant is physically unfit to
such an extent that sending him
along to physical exam station
would be wasted time. These doctors
don't get a cent. Like everybody
else in your local board except one
clerk they do their work for moth
ing.
They don't. officially, give medical
exams. They give medical inter
views"
Let's say that you are the deaf
registrant. Chances are your local
board will call you in either after
or before you have been classified
Gt doesn't matter for an interview
with the medical adviser. Why?
Because somebody on your local
board knows that you are totally
deaf. Or because it was obvious
when you registered Or because
you request an interview.
You get notice from your board,
anyway, to come in there on GER
tain day for your medical interview.
The medical adviser simply checks
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Ex-Germon U-Bout Sunk
In Chesapeake Tests
BY the Assoeioied Press

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. ia for
mer German submarine was sunk in
Chesapeake Bay September 20 in
tests to determine the lethal range
of depth charges, naval spokes-
man disclosed yesterday.
The submarine, the U-1105, was
sunk of Piney Point, Md.
The Navy now is testing new
equipment and techniques for rails
ing q sunken submarine, using the
U-1l05 a. the guinea pig.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Hospital Raises
Rates 81 a Day
In Alexandria
Deficit of S. 900
A Month Cited in
New Room Charges

Alexandria Hospital today an
nounced a $l-a-dsy increase in rates
for all rooms, effective Friday.
Hospital Administrator Van C.
Adams said the new rates will be SO
for ward rooms, 50 for semiprivate
rooms and $ll and $12 for private
rooms.
Mr.. Adams said the hospital is
running an average $1,000 monthly
deficit and that the deficit for seven
months ending in September
amounts to $4,000.
Mr.. Adams said that one of the
hospitals difficulties is that too
many OF our private patients have
neither adequate savings nor hos
pitalization insurance and as a re-
suit leave the hospital with unpaid
balances"
Number of Patients Cut.
Promises to pay are made in
good faith he asserted, but our
experience would indicate previous
budget commitments leave nothing
for the hospital account"
He said the drop of 1881 patient
days in the first nine months of this
year, in conjunction with rising
COSTS" has caused the deficit. He
said 65 per cent of the drop was as a
result of a decrease in obstretrical
patients.
Although the Board of Directors,
which authorized the rise at spe-
cial meeting yesterday, realized
that the S1-a-day increase will not,
in itself. eliminate future red ink.
the board felt compelled to do what
1t could to ease the situation Mr..
Adams said.
Cost Exceed New Charges.
The average of s1379 a bed-day
which it cost the hospital to operate
in 1947. has risen to $15.03 bed
day now, Mr.. Adams said The ST.
a-day increase to the patient thus
will be less than the increase in pro-
viding the service. he stated.
The funds raised in recent cam
paign for 100000 to pay debts to
banks, suppliers and others, all OF
which were contracted prior to
1947, will be used for that purpose
only, the board of directors decided.
AS a result, current operating def
cits must be met by other means,
Mr. Adams said
Mr.. Adams declared the new rates
for ward and semiprivate rooms
would bring Alexandra Hospital
Into line with those rates gen.
orally charged in the metropolitan
and suburban area"
He said the rates for private
rooms will be considerably below
those generally charged par
ticularly because most of our pri-.
vate rooms are in the $1l-a-day
category"
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Rev. WiIIioms Ordained
As Episcopal Priest

The Rev. James Lawrence Basil
Williams, who has been minister
in charge of Emmanuel Church-on-
the-Hill at the Virginia Theological
Seminary, Alexandria. since l947,
has been ordained to the Episcopal
priesthood by the Right Rev. Fred
erick Deane Goodwin, Bishop OF
Virginia.
The ordination ceremony took
place Saturday at Emmanuel, which
serves as the chapel for the SEM
mary. The priesthood candidate
was presented by the Very Rev. A.
c. Zabriskie, dean of the seminary
The new priest is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. w. B. Williams Of
Westmoreland County, Va, and
served as a commander in the Navy
during the war.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

your ears and decides that you are
or are not totally deaf. He doesn't
take your pulse or measure your
blood pressure or anything else.
All he does Is check your particu-
lar ailment and decide that it def
nitely is an ailment which disquali-
fies you from the draft-or he de-
cides 1t isn't.
He then reports his findings to
your local board and 1t decides
whether you 60 to the nearest re-
cruiting station for your preinduc-
ton physical. If there is any doubt
at all in the minds of the board, you
will have to take the full physical
check.
A whole list Of ailments has been
sent to all local boards. These
disabilities are definite and sharply
defined. I can't give the whole list
here, but 1t includes: Amputation of
arm or leg, partial loss of hand or
foot, tumor of the brain, complete
blindness or complete deafness,
oCFOIC oC4Ol ul1tlCS VI Vic Shull,
severe asthma, idiocy or imbecility.
These are standout disabilities,
and they have to be obvious to the
medical adviser II there is any
doubt, you've got to be checked thor
oughly by Army doctors.
What If your disability is such
that you can't yourself 60 down to
your local board for a medical inter-
view? Any reputable physician"
can file an affidavit. So can any
authorized representative" Of a
State or Federal agency. They do
it in your behalf.
AS soon as the local board dt
makes the final decision, not the
physician' decides you have one of
the obvious defects, you'll find your
self in 4-F You'll keep that classif-
cation as long as you keep the defect.
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Evening star., 1948-10-13
New Maryland Manual
Put on Sale for Public
by ths Asseeio.sd Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 13.-Copies of
the new and completely revised
Maryland Manual were issued to the
public today.
The manual, a handbook of the
State government. is the first to be
issued under Gov. Lanes admins
tration.
It is being distributed by the
office of the secretary of State at
the State House here.
Copies will be made available to
the public ut cost plus postage
$1.50 for paper-backed copies and
$2.05 for clothbound copies.
DR.. Morris Radoff, State archivist,
and his staff compiled and edited
the new manual.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
CountNC|ubs School Election in May
Permits TO Play Bingo Advoeatedby byFenwick
By Montgomery Board |nDebate WithLeBeau

ne montgomery county COmnlS-
sioners have served notice that they
will not issue permits for bingo par
ties sponsored by country clubs on
the ground they constitute gambling.
The question arose at the boards S
meeting yesterday when an applica-
ton by the Bethesda Country Club
for a permit to hold bingo party
November at the club was denied.
F. Barnard Welsh. attorney for
the commissioners. said the law per-
mits such affairs only when spon-
sored by charitable, benevolent, re-
ligious. fraternal. civic OF education
al groups or by fire departments.
Il don't see how country club
can be included in any Of these
categories." Mr.. Welsh declared.
Commissioner Wesley I. Sauter.
member of the club. claimed the
club had received such permits in
the past,
Johns Criticizes Law.
To this Commissioner Oliver w.
Youngblood replied:
Even II We granted them per-
mits before, there is no reason not
to stop now because it's wrong"
In siding with Mr.. Sauter, Board
President Brooke Johns termed the
law "the most narrow I have ever
seen. I'm going to try to straighten
it out"
Mr.. Johns said members Of the
club often play cards for money,
and asked whether that was illegal.
Mr.. Welsh said police could ar
rest the club members for gambling,
but they probably would be &C
quilted.
In filing the application G. r.
Gaillard, club secretary, stated the
bingo games would be conducted
the same as the ones held Septem-
ber "a and October Z. Only mer-
chandise will be awarded as prizes" !"
Paving Contract Awarded.
Several months ago, police ordered
the Congressional Country Club to
stop holding bingo parties because
they were illegal The order was
issued over the protests of Mr.. Johns.
In other business, the board
awarded a $28,559 contract to the
Community Paving Co., Bethesda,
for the improvement of Dahlonega
road, Glen Echo Heights, for dis
tance of about 2,400 feet.
They also agreed that the county
should bear the cost of building side
walks, curbs and cutters along Wis.,
consin avenue when it is widened
between East-West highway and
Glenbrook road, Bethesda.
Clarence Keiser, a member of the
Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. reported that
q majority of the property owners
involved are willing to dedicate the
necessary rights-of-way. but that
they do not want to be assessed for
sidewalks, curbs and cutters.
School Needs Heating.
Walter F. Palmer, a trustee Of
the Washington Grove Elementary
School. complained that the two
room building is without heating
facilities and has no inside toilets.
He told the commissioners that
School Board officials had promised
last summer to make the improve
ments but that I'VE have been told
now we will get nothing"
While sympathizing with Mr.
Palmer, the commissioners advised
him to bring the matter before the
Board of Education.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Vanderbilt 10 Give Lecture
In Silver Spring Tomorrow

Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., journa-
list and traveller, will speak on "Eu-
rope Today" at the opening of the
Town Hall lecture series sponsored
by the Silver Spring Rotary Club.
The program will be held at s:15
pm. tomorrow at the Silver Spring
Armory.
MIR. Vanderbilt has just returned
from a l0-week trailer trip through
Europe. 1t was his 124th trip to
Europe.
John r. Pagan is chairman of the
Town Hall Committee, which has
arranged for three other programs
during the winter. All will be for
the benefit of the Rotary Clubs
student loan fund.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Fire Near Rockville
Causes $1,000 Loss

Fire yesterday destroyed q barn
and silo containing about $50 tons
of hay and corn on the 650-acre
farm of w. r. Winslow on the
Avery-Redland road about miles
from Rockville. Mr., Winslow esti-
mated the loss at about $1,000.
Cause of the blaze could not be
determined, according to Rockville
and Gaithersburg firemen. There
was no livestock in the barn.
Mr.. Winslow said damage was
partially covered by insurance. He
Is the owner of the Winslow Paint
Co., 922 New York avenue NV,
and also operates hardware stores
In Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Be-
thesda. Chevy Chase and Hyatts-
wills.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Increases
For A., B. & W.
Start Saturday
ICC Grants 2.5-Cent
Boost, Eliminating
10-Cent Gosh Rute

Increased fares will 60 into effect
Saturday on buses Of the Alexan-
dria, Bancroft g. Washington Tran
sit Co. under authority granted yes
terday by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Although the ICC order affects
only interstate lines between Wash
ington and nearby Virginia, the
fares on intrastate routes also will
be raised under authority granted
recently by the Virginia State Cor
poration Commission.
The changes will eliminate the 10
cent fare on all interstate lines ex-
cept in zone l, which includes the
Pentagon and Arlington Navy An
mex. The firm did not ask for an
increase in zone l.
One Reduction Provided.
Present 10-cent fares will be 1875
cents Is cents cash and a 7.5-cent
token and the 12.5-cent fares will
be Is cents. The present 12.5 token,
or l5-cent cash fare to and from
Runyon's Filling Station. west of
5aileys Cross Roads, will be 20 cents.
The order provides one reduction
from 25 to 20 cents In the fare
to and from the Virginia Theologi-
cal Seminary.
Intrastate fares will go up from
5 cents to a 7.5-cent token or 10
cents cash. and from 10 cents to
12.5 cents (token and CASH or Is
cents cash.
The firm now sells only a 125-
cent token but the ICC said it had
no objection to the company plan
to sell two tokens for Is cents rather
than eight for 81. A company
spokesman said, however, that
AB&W will ask the 1CC for for
NAL directive on the matter today.
Will Use Same Token.
The change in tokens will be made
so that only one value will be nee
essary for use on both interstate and
intrastate lines, a company spokes-
man said.
Hearings were held before the
ICC last April and before the sec
in June. AB&W told the ICC that
it lost $4,000 in 1947 and about
$45.000 in the first quarter of 194S.
This loss has increased, however,
to an average of $23.500 a month
since June. spokesman said today.
as the result OF raises given en-
ployes.
The 1CC said it thought the fare
revisions were lust and reasonable. +"
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Ad Club Will Observe
Press Anniversary
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Oct. 13.-The Ad-
vertising Club of Baltimore will hold
meeting in observance of the
Tooth anniversary of the Associated
Press on October 20, President r. c.
(Jake) Embry announced.
Mr.. Embry. vice president Of
Radio Station WITH, announced
the speaker for the meeting will be
Relman CPat) NORM, chief of the
Washington Bureau of the Associ-
ated Press.
Prior to the Ad Club meeting,
the News Committee of the Chesa-
peake AP Radio Association will
hold meeting in the Emerson Hotel
to discuss problems of the radio
news wire operating in Maryland
and the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
'sCIubs
ToAppea|Ru|ing
Taxing Them
Groups at Chevy Chose
And Bethesda Seek to
Continue Exemption

Officers of two Montgomery Coun-
ty womens clubs are planning to
appeal to the State Tax Commits
sion from the county commission
ers' decision to make them subject
to taxation.
They are the Woman's Club Of
Chevy Chase, which has been on
the exempt list since it was built in
1899, and the Woman's Club Of
Bethesda, which has been exempt
since its construction in 1926.
Involved is about $1,000 in taxes
for the Chevy Chase group and
about $500 for the Bethesda organi-
Zation.
Officials of the two clubs contend
they come under provisions of a
State law which exempts from taxa
tion organizations chartered for ed
ucational and charitable purposes.
Cites Baltimore Ruling.
An opposite view is taken by
County Assessment Supervisor Will
ton T. Allen, who claims the pur.
pose of the clubs seems to be pri-
marily social and civic"
Mr.. Allen said a Baltimore court
ruled recently that a woman's club
there was subject to taxation. As
result, he explained, when prop
erty in the Bethesda Chevy Chase
area was reassessed he decided to
place the two organizations back
on the tax rolls.
He said he also acted in COM
pliance with request by the county
commissioners that all question
able" organizations be assessed for
the 194s-49 fiscal year.
Upheld by Commissioners.
Consequently, the Chevy Chase
clubhouse on Connecticut avenue,
near East-West highway, was as
sessed at $30,900, and the nearly
2 acres of land surrounding the
building were evaluated at $13, 100.
The Bethesda clubhouse was as
sessed at $4,000 and the surround-
ing $4,000 square feet of land at
s5,220.
The commissioners subsequently
upheld the assessments when rep
resentatives of the two clubs ap-
peared before them to ask that
they be exempted from taxation.