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Evening star., 1948-09-01

Representatives Of animals well
known in literature were settling
down as permanent residents of
the Zoo today after an air trip
from England.
Contents of the literary pack
age" which arrived at National
Airport yesterday, gift of the Lon
don Zoo, include the following:
Two pottos, beady-eyed lemurs
celebrated in West African folklore;
two dormice. like the rodent which
took a prominent part in Lewis
CAROLS Alice in Wonderland"
six English jackdaws, noisy birds
often mentioned by British authors,
and two lapwings, grayish birds
about which Alfred Lord Tennyson
once wrote a poem
Among the less celebrated exhibits
uncrated were a pair of huracos,
green African birds; two English
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Sheriff Custer Asked
In Hagerstown Over
Working Of Prisoners
By the Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Sept. L.
Strictly political" Sheriff Joseph
D. Baker said today of charges that
he put prisoners to work on private
jobs when they should have been
in the Washington County Jail.
The sheriff refused to elaborate
on his statement.
It was made after County Com
missioner Wilslow F. Burhans made
a motion that Sheriff Bakers resig-
nation be demanded by the County
Board.
Mr. Burhans presented the affi-
davits of six former prisoners who
said they had worked on contracting
jobs for the sheriff's son, Donald
Baker, for deputies on the sheriff's
staff at a farm, and for a Wash
ington County magistrate.
Earlier Gases Noted.
Martin L. Ingram, Washington
County States attorney. said today
there is no question that the affi-
davits are true.
He said previous sheriffs have
followed similar practice, although
it is mot sanctioned by law"
Mr.. Ingram reported that Circuit
Judge Joseph D. Mish of Hagerstown
learned that Sheriff Baker was
working the prisoners and ordered
that there be no recurrence.
Sheriff Baker acknowledged this
and said no prisoners had been put
ON jobs outside the jail since he had
been advised the practice is illegal.
Judge to Comment Later.
Judge Mish said he will comment
"at the proper time"
I. Keller Shank, chairman of the
county commissioners, said: There
has been a probably technical viola
ton of the law. / do not condone
it, but there has been no vicious
crime done"
1t was pointed out that the COM
missioners cannot remove Sheriff
Baker or force his resignation. Mr.
Burhans withdrew his motion when
there was no second.
Charles F. Wagaman. attorney
for the commissioners, said such
summary action against the sheriff
would not be the American way
and suggested Mr.. Burhans take his
charges to the grand jury.
Nh. Burhans said he is prepared
to Go it.
A statement attributed to Daniel
Harper, one of the prisoners, said
he had worked at the Donald Baker
farm, walked away from the place
and was never picked up again
despite the fact he still had 26 days
to serve on a sentence.
Jail records showed the prisoners
had been sentenced to short terms
on minor charges, mostly drunken
ness or disorderly conduct.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Col. Gerhordt to Get
Virqiniu Decoration
By the Assoeieisd Press

NORFOLK, Va. Sept. 1.-Vir-
ginia's distinguished service medal
will be presented to Col. Charles
H. Gerhardt, wartime commander
of the 10Th Infantry Division at the
30th annual national convention Of
the 29th Division Association here
this week end.
Ben r. Brown, convention COM
mittee chairman, said today the
presentation will be made by Gov.
Tuck. Col. Gerhardt, who rose to
the rank Of major general as di-
vision commander during the war,
will receive the award at banquet
Saturday night at the Monticello
Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Montgomery Meets Payments
Without Borrowing on Taxes

Corporation personal property
taxes for the past fiscal year
totaled s374,215 as compared with
S272,379 during the l946-47 fiscal
year, he said.
In addition, the tax on the re-
cording of real estate deeds jumped
to $120, ,000-about double the anti
cipated amount, Mr.. Hancock said.
He also pointed out that liquor
board receipts totaling $400, 900 were
turned over to county authorities
sooner than was expected.
The 1947-48 budget was the first
drafted by the new Republican
dominated Board of Commissioners,
which took office in December, 1916
Evening star., 1948-09-01

For the first time In Is years,
Montgomery County is paying cur
rent expenses without borrowing.
County Controller Alexander K.
Hancock told the county commits
sioners yesterday it would not be
necessary to follow the previous
practice of borrowing on antici-
pated taxes. These sums have
ranged from 100000 to $400 900
each year at an average interest
rate Of l per cent, he recalled.
Mr.. Hancock attributed the i'm
provement in the county's finances
to a realistic" 1947-8 budget suff-
cient to cover all expenditures and
to increased revenues.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Vernon Heights Citizens
To Elect Tomorrow

The Vernon Heights Civic Asso-
ciatlon, Fairfax County, will elect
president and managers for two
districts at a meeting at pm. to-
morrow at the Mount Vernon High
School.
Officials said managers would be
elected for District /, west OF the
old Mount Vernon road, and District
8, the area between Fort BeIyoir and
route s24. on the east side OF
route !.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Storm Drainage, Street
Projects Authorized
For Cafo|e Highlands

Street improvements and con-
struction Of storm drainage facili-
ties in the Carole Highlands special
district, near Takoma
Park were authorized yesterday by
the Prince Georges County COM
missioners-provided the community
can afford to pay for it.
The commissioners, following a
formal public hearing at Upper
Marlboro. directed County Engineer
Arthur w. Tayman to prepare plans
and specifications and to adver-
tise for bids.
Before approving the proposal. the
commissioners eliminated construc-
ton of sidewalks estimated at $219,-
600 to reduce costs.
Provides Surfacing.
As it stands, the project calls
for construction Of curbs and cutters,
storm drainage facilities and bitum-
inous surfacting of streets In the
community, just of New Hampshire
avenue, near Sligo Greek. Scheduled
for improvement are Erskine street,
Fifteenth avenue, Fifteenth place,
Elson street, Harmon street, Del
mont lane and Sixteenth avenue.
If suficiet money can be borrowed,
work will begin as soon as bids are
accepted.
Hearing Set.
The commissioners set a hearing
for II am, September % at Upper
Marlboro, to consider a petition for
construction of curbs on Sixty first
street, from Roanoke road to River
dale road, in the Riverdale Heights
special improvement district
Appointments of Mrs. Virginia M.
Conley of Seat Pleasant as a secre-
tary in the county engineers office
and of Robert S. Brown Of Laurel,
as forest warden for the Maryland
Of State Forests and
Parks, were approved by the COM
Employment of Mrs. Elsie Purdy
Fitzgerald as a Public Health nurse,
was reported to the commissioners
by Health Oficer Thomas s. Englar.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
0rme 10 Take Oath
Tonight as Mayor
OF Falls Church

Albert Orme will be sworn in as
the new Mayor of Falls Church at a
meeting of the City Council at s
o'clock tonight. Three new council
men also are scheduled to be elected.
Fenner Hazelgrove, retiring Mayor,
will administer the oath to Mr..
Orme. Also taking Office as council
men for terms beginning today will
be Mrs. Merrill Lee Chanel and
Boyd Case. both of whom were
elected in June. Retiring Council
members who attended their final
meeting last night are Walter B.
Follin and James E. Durant.
The Council last night received
bids. from two firms of consulting
engineers on proposals to survey ad-
jacent Fairfax County territory for
possible annexation by Falls Church.
Action on the bids was deferred
until the new Council can study the
proposals. johnson g. Williams of
Falls Church and Washington Of
fered to make the survey for $14, 1000
while Wiley g. Wilson of Lynchburg
offered to do the Job on a cost-plus
basis.
Walter L. Mess, Safety Committee
chairman, reported two city police
men have returned from traffic
safety courses in Richmond and
will meet with school principals
this week preparatory to launching
a school safety program. Mr.. Mess
said the American Legion and
Chamber of Commerce are cooper
ating in the safety effort and the
Legion will send three school safety
patrols to camp next summer.
Earlier yesterday Circuit Court
Judge Paul E. Brown of Fairfax ap-
proved the appointment by the
Council OF La Rue Van Meter as
city commissioner Of revenue; James
z. Ferguson, city. treasurer; Law
renee E. Laing, j. Morton Franklin
and Franklin Thackrey, all men,
bers OF the Electoral Board; w. r.
Edmonds, Clarence M. Dale and
John e. Blackburn, justices Of the
peace. All of these offices were
created when Falls Church recently
changed from a town to a second
class city.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Arlington Woman Emp|oye
Gets Navy Service Award

The Navy Meritorious Civilian
Service Award for outstanding work
has been presented to Mrs. Mamye
Ellen Smith, 1903 North Highland
street, Arlington. for "a years an
employe of the Bureau of Ordnance
The presentation was made by
Rear Admiral A. G. Noble, U. S. N.
chief of the bureau. in a ceremony
at the Navy Department.
The citation said that Mrs. Smith
had constantly rendered outstand-
ing service as administrative assist
ant to the director of the Admins
trative Division"
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Arlington and Staunton
Project Bids Announced
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 1.-The
State Highway Department yester-
day announced apparent low bid
ders on two large primary projects
at Staunton and in Arlington to
cost nearly $1,000,000.
The bids were among four pri-
mary construction jobs and IL sec
ondary road projects.
The largest single project calls
for 1.52 miles of Fairfax drive in
Arlington County.
The other large project, the
Staunton bypass on route 2l1. will
ultimately carry traffic away from
the center of the city.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Fiood-ControI Conduit
Bids CoIIed on Sept. g

Army engineers said bids on -four
conduits for the Cumberland tMd.)
food control project, which were
to have been opened yesterday, will
be opened September 9.
Construction Of the conduits Is
the first part Of the floor protection
program. Contracts for the con-
duits are expected to be let within
30 days after the bids are opened.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Greenbe|t Files
Rent Raise Plea;
Tenants toFight
Manager Says Plan
Would EquoIize Cost
According to Income

A proposed new schedule which
would incerase rents for most of the
1885 residents of Greenbelt has
been filed with rent control officials
for nearby Maryland.
The schedule was submitted by
Charles M. Cormack, community
manager for the Public Housing Ad-
ministration in the Prince Georges
County development.
A fight by residents to block the
increases was predicted by Charles
T. Mcdonald, Greenbelt town man
ager, who said the Town Council
would request hearing before w.
L. Thompson, rent control repre-
sentative for Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties.
Mr.. Mcdonald said that any move
to increase rents at this time would
be inhationary and would create
hardship.
Flat Increase Not Asked.
Under the proposed schedule, the
rent to be charged each family
would be based on the latters size
and income, according to Mr..
Cormack. He emphasized the plan
does not call for a fiat percentage
rent INCREASE. At present, rentals
vary according to income ana the
type of unit occupied.
The new plan provides that single
persons pay "a per cent OF their
net income for gross rent, which
includes all utilities; a two-memoer
family would pay % per cent of its
income; three-member family, %
per cent; four. 81 per cent; five, 20
per cent; six, 10 per cent; seven, IL
per cent, and eight or more, II per
cent
According to Mr.. Cormack, the
average increase in the maximum
rents for the 885 units in the old
section OF the town would be S9.42
per month-about 16 per cent over
the present rents.
80 Per Cent in Newer Section.
Rents in these units now range
from STATS to S6985. Under the
proposed schedule they would range
from S38 to $50.
In the 1000 units comprising the
newer section, built during the war,
the average increase would be Sl2.54,
or about 30 per cent over the present
scale.
Present rentals in these units
range from s3785 to S42.85. The
proposed new rentals would range
from $45 to $50.
Mr.. Cormack pointed out that
rentals would be reduced in some
cases for families having five or
more members with net income
under $4,000 year.
Cormack Defends Schedule.
"This schedule" he explained, sis
merely refiling of the maximum
legal rent to put the development on
a basis comparable with similar
housing accommodations in the
area"
He recalled that when a rental
schedule was filed in 1943, the de-
velopment was being operated with
maximum income limits. That is,
a person making more than GER
tain income was prohibited from
entering the project.
Those limits have since been re-
moved, he added. and the incomes
of many tenants have increased to
a point where they can pay COM
parable rents.
The housing official said the in
come received from the development
under the old schedule was "ex-
tremely inadequate" and that oper-
ating expenses have increased
sharply.
II don't believe the proposed new
rents will create a hardship for any
one" he declared.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
BIodensburg Senior High
To REGISTER Tomorrow

Registration of new pupils for the
Bladensburg Senior High School will
be held from to II am. and 1:30
to pm. tomorrow and from 9 to
1870 am. Tuesday at the school,
C. Paul Barnhart. principal. an
nounced.
Registration is necessary, Mr..
Barnhart said, only for those not
enrolled in the junior or senior high
school last year.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Three Fire Companies
Say Bethesda Squad
|nvades Their Areas

The heads Of three Montgomery
County Fire Departments yesterday
accused the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Rescue Squad of responding to calls
In their areas without authorization.
Those making the charges at
closed session OF the county COM
missioners, it was reported, were
David Tuohey, president of the
Cabin John Volunteer Fire Depart
ment: Joseph A. Giammatteo, chief
of the Glen Echo Volunteer Fire
Department, and w. Valentine Will
son, chief OF Rockville Volunteer
Fire Department.
They were accompanied by Spen-
Ger j. H. Brown, Sandy Spring,
president of the County Volunteer
Firemens Association.
1t was learned the three officials
asked the board to prohibit the
Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue
Squad from going outside that area
unless specifically requested by
another rescue squad.
The commissioners explained, how
ever, they lacked authority in the
matter and that special legislation
was needed.
"a Calls Answered in Month.
The Bethesda Chevy Chase group
is headed by Donald Dunnipgton
who said last night that members
of the group do not 60 out unless
called on Wisconsin 1000.
I'VE are the best equipped outfit
of this kind in the county," Mr..
Dunnington said, "and when a call
comes, we 60. We have two ambu-
lances and a special truck equipped
with acetylene torches and lights. OF
our AZ members, 10 sleep in our
station house."
Last June, Mr. Dunnington said,
his squad answered "a calls. He add
ed this exceeded the calls to which
all other county rescue squads COM
bined responded. He explained the
squad receives no funds from the
county and depends solely on money
raised by the members. A campaign
for funds is under way now, he said.
In another closed session, the COM
missioners conferred with Charles
w. Prettyman, counsel for the Bal
timore g. Ohio Railroad, and DON
aid A. DeLashmutt, attorney for a
group of Rockcrest residents. on
steps to reopen a bridge across the
railroad tracks to the Rockville
suburb.
The bridge was closed by the rail-
road several months ago after it
was termed unsafe.
New Signals Set Up.
At the conference, the commits
sioners offered to build the ap-
proaches to new bridge to be
erected by the railroad. In the
meantime. the railroad was urged
to reopen the present bridge, whose
closing forces residents of the sub
division to travel more than a mile
to get to the Rockville pike.
In other business, the board re-
ceived letter from the railroad
stating work on the installation OF
flashing signals at the Lincoln Park
road crossing just outside Rockville
would start today.
Frank A. Lane, Takoma Park, who
resigned from the police force in
January, 1947, wrote the commits
sioners asking that he be reinstated.
At the time of his resignation, Mr..
Lane was a detective lieutenant.
He now operates a private detec-
tive agency in Silver Spring. The
request was referred to Police Com
missioner Wesley I. Sauter.
A permit to operate the Kersing-
ton Cooperative Nursery School,
16 Knowles avenue, Kensington, was
granted subject to approval of the
Board of Zoning Appeals.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Kiwonis Air Show Approved

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. l GP.-The
Anne Arundel County commission
ers yesterday agreed to amend a
new regulation so the Glen Burnie
Kiwanis Club may stage a benefit
air show, provided 1t Is not held on
Sunday. They had turned down
the application last week.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Recognized All Club
In Indian Head Elects
seseiol pi.poseh TO The stor

INDIAN HEAD. Md, Sept. L.
The Indian Head All Club has
been reorganized with Mrs. Paul
Keller as local leader.
Club officers are 10 Ann Keller,
president; Sylvia Altieri, vice presi-
dent; Carol Jean Keller, secretary,
and Eileen Robie treasurer.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Place Sunday Classified
Ads EARLY!

Classified ad customers de-
string to place ads in The
Sunday Star are urged to call
them in early in the week.
This will eliminate the last
minute rush to place ads and
will assure every one prompt
and efncient service. Your
cooperation will be appre-
ciated.
Remember The Stars
New Telephone Number Is
Sterling 5000.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
| Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored by
The Star in cooperation with the
Recreation Department and The
Film Center, are scheduled for 8
o'clock tonight. Programs Of comedy.
sports, cartoons and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers.
Palisades, Dana and sherrier places NV.
Takoma, Fourth and Van Buren, streets
lakewood. Third and Eyarts streets NE.
sherwood. Tenth and @ streets NE.
ViYginia Avenue, Ninth street and Viz.
ginia avenue Sc
Anscostia. between Eleventh street ana
PENNSYLVANIA avenue BE.
Evening star., 1948-09-01
Reserve Bronch InstuIIs

J. T. Vallee has been installed as
president of Branch SO, Fleet Re-
serve Association, at Patuxent
River, Md. Other new officers are
J, l.. Wightman, vice president, and
H. B. Wigert. secretary treasurer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-02-26
With Our Men
In The Service

Sgt David C. Bowman, L. S. Ma
rne corps, who re-cnlistcd on Jan
uary % following completion of a
previous enlistment, went to Ohio
last week to visit relatives, and on
Saturday left Akron, O., by plane for
California. He will fly from there to
Yokosuka, Japan. His brother, Pfc
Donald Bowman, also in the Marine
corps, is still a patient in the Navy
hospital in Hawaii
Charles w Burrell, shipfitter third
class, U. S. Navy, son of Mrs. X. b.
Burrell, Mt. Lake Park. is serving
aboard the light cruiser, USS Hunt
ington, at present The ship and crew
are veterans Of extensive foreign ser
vice, having participated in the recent
good will cruises to Europe and
North Africa.
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