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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03
ACharles B. Buscher Endorsed

ECHdTlRS d. bUScner ENDORSED
Montgomery County Post No.
2958, Bethesda, has unanimously
recommended the appointment of
Charles B. Buscher, v. F. w. De-
partment Commander, as National
Council Member for the Fourth
District for V. F. w. of the United
States. The 4th District consists of
Maryland, D. c., Virginia, West
Virginia, and the term runs for
two years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03

"A man at cross-purposes with
the entire world is a phrase used
to describe citizen of this county
the otter day. We trust it did not
refer TO you!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03
One Million Dollar Increase Over Current Year
Carries Added Scent Tax Rate. Largest Expen-
dture Fo Schools. Policemen Pay Increase
Not RecOr mended. Public Hearing Set For
June Is 4 8 p Nj.

The proposed budget for the year 194849 amounting to
S6251 36 presented tc the county commissioners
Tuesday by County Supervisor Irving G. McNayr The bud
get calls for Scent increase the 81 88 basic
county tax rate This increase together with the enlarged
assessabe base will enable the county to uphold the
mendations presented Mr. McNayr stated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03
Health Lay Council

The Public Health Lay Council
Of Montgomery County will meet
on Monday, June Z, at 10 A. M. in
the Grand Jury Room of the Court
house in Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03

Wouldn't this county be a won
derful place in which to live if the
"Oood neighbor" policy were ap-
nI;ed nv all of our citizens?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03

Many who flee from evil do not
understand that Il is in their
hearts.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03

If the price of food gets much
worse, there will be something to
owning a farm.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-03-26
Savannah, Georgia

took in the fight for it and, third,
the current trend Of thought which
suggests that because there is now
violence in Palestine, partition is
impracticable and not the proper
solution"
Blames British For BlOOdshed
He emphasized that all members
of the United Nations investigat-
ing committee knew that parti-
ton had to be enforced" adding:
There was never any question
of this. We examined all possible
solutions, we exhaustively studied
the matter of Cancellation, and
concluded finally that partition
was the only answer. We knew
too that our plan was a rather
delicate mechanism which, while it
did not demand cooperation from
Great Britain, counted on Great
Britain not opposing it. But Brit
ain has opposed it, and upon her
shoulders must rest the blame Tor
the sorry state in which this ques-
ton now finds itself-and the
blame for the present bloodshed
lin Palestine"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-03-26

Mrs. Roosevelt named "The
the contribution
National Council of Jewish Women March Is
buet at City. Among present
hvn right abOve)
Sna Counsel President Roosevelt Roosevelt;
Mrs Joseph President National
Uomen and Supreme Court Justice William
In accepting
which begins with the Council believes
what in America is important
divides the whole world
Vhat peoples everywhere important
divides called persistence finding
among nations.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-03-26
Implement Partition

The Guatemalan diplomat cited
the answer of Sir Alexander Cado-
gan that Great Britain "as a good
member of the United Nations
would not obstruct partition DR..
Granados then deplored the "lack
of desire on the part of the United
States and other governments to
implement this United Nations de-
cision despite the firm position she
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-03-26
Arab Invasion Of
Palestine to Begin

Continued from Page One)
nounced Great Britain's policy of
obstruction against the United Ma
tons decision to partition Pales-
tine despite her specific promises"
Decries u. S. LACK of Desire" To
Evening star., 1948-12-09
Shorter PoIicewomen
Accepted by Force

The Metropolitan Police Depart
ment will now accept shorter candi-
dates for its new corps of 80 uni
formed policewomen.
The Commissioners today ,ap-
proved an amendment lowering the
height requirement from feet 4
inches to S feet l inch. The mini
mum weight of an applicant must
be not less than lis pounds, the
order added.
Police Supt. Robert j. Barrett told
the Commissioners in his recommen-
dation for the lowered requirements
that since policewomen were to be,
used mostly for inside duties it was
desirable to lower this height re-
quirement. He added it would be
highly desirable" in initiating the
new program.
The Commissioners order also
changed dental requirements for
women applicants, bringing them in
line with lower standards pre-
viously adopted for the men.
To facilitate recruiting of police
men, physical standards were low
cred slightly last month by the
Commissioners and the height re-
quirement for men was reduced
from 5 feet inches to 5 feet 7
inches. The Commissioners author
lied the recruiting of the 80 police
women at that time as a measure
to give Maj. Barrett more men for
street duty.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
By the Associofed Press

FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. O.
The biggest bomber has made its
greatest flight, a nonstop trip
from Fort Worth to Honolulu
and return, breaking its own
record.
At 7 pm. (CST) last night, IS
hours and more than 5000 miles
after takeoff time, the great silver
B-36 touched down at this city's
Carswell Air Force base.
1t had carried "a useful load" to
the halfway mark, dropping the
bombs in the ocean off Honolulu.
Brig. Gen. ]. B. Montgomery of
the Strategic Air Command made
the announcement hereafter hours
of official silence.
'It is the best the B-36 has ever
done, but it was routine training
|f1ight-well within the capabilities
of the bomber" the general said.
ut was in excess of 5000 miles"
Manned by Is flyers, the ship
flew from Fort Worth to Honolulu
by way of San Diego, Calf, and
returned via San Francisco.
From San Francisco, it did not
1iy directly to Fort WORTH" Gen.
Montgomery said. 1T few to the
Evening star., 1948-12-09

At SO, it is not easy to start life
all over again.
Mrs. Grace E. Parent had already
done it once before. Twenty-four
years ago, when her husband died,
she had moved in with her friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Bancroft Heinleln,
1903 Kenilworth avenue NE.
She had two rooms OF her own,
but they didn't seem so small be-
cause in reality the Heinleins home
became her home, too.
Mrs. Parent was busy. She saw
friends, was active in the Daughters
of the American Revolution and the
order of the Eastern Star. Ana
four years ago, when Mrs. Helnleln
died, she was able to soften the loss
to the Heinlein children, becoming,
to them, their foster mother. Ruth
was II and Billy was only 8.
But Mr.. Heinlein died this 1ali.
It was impossible for the ch1ldrens S
brother, Alden, now 22-an Army
veteran and business college student
Evening star., 1948-12-09
Truman Seeks 10 Bar
Refugees Deportation

President Truman said today he is
doing his best to prevent deportation
Of "a Estonian refugees from Soviet
rule who came to the United States
In two small boats last summer.
Mr.. Truman told press confer
ence he did not know whether leg
tslation would be required to prevent
them being deported to their Soviet
dominated homeland.
Representative Mccormack, DEM
ocrat, of Massachusetts, said last
week he planned to introduce a bill
in the new Congress to give the
Estonians a haven in this country
He announced this as he appealed
to immigration Commissioner Wat
son Miller to hold up deportation
proceedings until Congress could
consider the matter.
The Estonians fed first to Sweden
and then last summer crossed the
Atlantic in small boats. They landed
at Wilmington, N. c., and since that
time have been held at Ellis Island,
N. Y, pending deportation proceed
ings. The State Department has
asked Sweden to take them back and
also to take measures to prevent
similar voyages by Baltic refugees.
President Truman intervened once
before to enable group of Latvians
to stay in the United States.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
Truman to Lead Own Parade
At Inaugural, Setting Precedent
Will Have Lunch at Capitol After Address,
Then Head Procession Down Avenue

For other full-dress inaugurals
the President has hurried back to
the White House Immediately after
his speech and. then, after lunch,
has gone out to review the inaugural
procession.
Mr.. Hildreth estimated that plan
this year would save As minutes to
an hour of waiting by the parade
spectators.
1t was decided today. too, that i'm
behind the President will
be 50 soldiers, each at least feet
tall, carrying the standards of the
48 States, the District, Hawaii,
Alaska and Puerto Rico. The SYM
bolism, according to Mr.. Hildreth,
(See INAUGURAL, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1948-12-09
Retired PoIiceman,82
Maryland Man Die
In Traffic Accidents
Districts Toll Raised
To 66 for Year;
Two Others Injured

The deaths OF a 65-year-o old
Ardmore CMd.) man today and
an 82-year-old retired District
policeman yesterday brought the
Districts traffic fatality toll to
66 so far this year.
The dead are George w. Ridge
way of Ardmore, who died at 4 am.
today in Casualty Hospital after be-
ing struck by a streetcar yesterday,
and Robert F. West, retired police
man of 5000 Laurel street, Takoma
Park, Md, who died yesterday at
Sibley Hospital after being struck
by a car November 27.
Two other persons were injured
seriously in traffic accidents yester-
day and early today.
Mr.. Ridgeway suffered a broken
right leg and head injuries when
he was struck at 6:15 pm. yester-
day In the 900 block of Kenilworth
avenue NE. by streetcar operated
by Coy A. White, 20, of the 1900
block of Fort, Dupont street Sc,
police reported.
Struck BY Automobile.
Mr.. West was struck at Georgia
avenue and Longfellow street NV.
by an automobile driven by Robert
v. Metzger, %, of the 1900 block of
Longfellow street NV, a shoe sales
man, police said.
A native of Florida, Mr.. West
came here about so years ago. He
joined the police force in 1904 and
retired from No. 10 precinct in 1918
after which he became a public
buildings guard here.
He is survived by five children,
Mrs. Isabel Compton, Manassas,
Va; Douglas West, Westminster,
Md: Louis West, 1903 Third street
NV; Robert West of the Laurel
street address and Browning West
of Silver Spring. Also surviving are
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Austin of
Birmingham, Ala, and Mrs. Judith
Brown, Little Washington. Va.
Flags will fly at half staff at police
precincts until after services for the
retired officer at 10 am. Saturday
in the Hines funeral home, 2901
Fourteenth street NV. Burial will
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
In another traffic accident Ber-
Evening star., 1948-12-09
By joseph Youno

An employe who recently was
selected by a national publica-
ton as the most outstanding"
civil service worker in the Gov
ernment has been ordered to
appear before his agency'S 10y
atty board to answer charges
that he is disloyal.
The employe, William E. Bromsen,
is a railway mail clerk in the Post
Office Department in New York. He
is also the vice president of the AFL
Railway Mail Associations New
York City branch.
Mr.. Bromsen was the recipient OF
the most outstanding" Government
employe award. which was made
here some months ago by the Civil
Service Reporter, national publi-
cation dealing with civil service
news. Attending the affair were
Chairman LANCER of the Senate
Civil Service Committee and other
Federal officials.
Mr.. Bromsen has denied all the
Evening star., 1948-12-09
Biqqest Bomber Flies Nonstop
From Texas to Hawaii and Back

east of Fort Worth and then re-
turned"
1t was a Pearl Harbor Day flight
that began about 8 am. (CST)
Tuesday.
Built to carry 10000 pounds Of
bombs 10000 miles, the super
bomber staggers the imagination OF
the public and the men who fly 1t.
It's as big as three five-room houses,
and its 67-foot tail Is as high as a
four-story building. 1t has taken
the air at its full gross weight OF
278,000 pounds. No other plane
ever carried such load.
It's amazing wings stretch 230
feet-almost the length of a foot
ball field-and ehey actually flap
lazily in flight. And the '36 is SO
long-163 feet-its crewmen use a
little scooter on rails to zip from
nose to tail.
Six pusher-type engines shove the
bomber along at better than $50
miles per hour.
The flight was not record for
distance. In October, 1916, Navy
Lockheed Neptune patrol bomber
flew from Perth, Australia, to Co
lumbus, Ohio. 1926 miles.
The Air Force hopes to stretch the
'36's bombing range to $4,000 miles.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
u. ). Sues 10 Break Up
Chicago Association
OF Mortgage Bankers
Court Also Asked to Order
Refund of Fees Charged
For Placing FHA Looms
By the Associated Press

Attorney General Clark said
today the Government has filed
an antitrust suit to break up the
Chicago Mortgage Bankers AS
ISOLATION.
The action, Mr.. Clark said. was
brought this morning in the Federal
Court at Chicago. He said it names
the association and IS of its men,
ber mortgage banks as participants
in an alleged combination and con-
spiracy to suppress competition in
the mortgage loan business in the
Chicago area in violation of the
Sherman Act"
Refunds Sought.
In addition to dissolution Of the
association, the suit asks court
order directing the defendant banks
to refund certain fees to customers.
These allegedly were collected by
the banks and paid over to brokers
for the placing of Federal Housing
"A
The Justice Department said men,
bers of the association have made
mortgage loans in excess OF $780,
100000 since 1912, and that about
half of this total represented loans
on residential property insured by
FHA.
THE complaint" a department.
statement said, alleges that the
members of the association fixed
minimum commissions, service fees
and interest rates in connection with
FILA construction loans and that
each member would charge bor-
rowers for all expenses relating to
these loans. The complaint requests
an injunction against continuation of
any of the alleged illegal practices. ;"
Similar Suit In New York.
The department brought a similar
suit against the Mortgage Confer
ence of New York in 1916. A con-
sent judgment last June barred the
conference and its members from
making any agreements on interest
rates or other terms of mortgage
loans, from exchanging information
on mortgages or handling mortgages
or leases in any way which would
discriminate against any racial or
national group.
Mr.. Clark said in statement con-
cerning the Chicago action:
This complaint seeks to have the
principle of free competition that is
embedded in the Sherman Act ap-
piled to the mortgage banking
business.
"Inasmuch as the cost of flnanc-
ing a home is a substantial part OF
the entire cost of housing, this anti
trust case should benefit those who
seek to become home owners"
Evening star., 1948-12-09

President Truman will shatter
precedent when he leads his own
inaugural parade down Pennsyl-
vania avenue January 20.
This arrangement was decided on
today when the President conferred
with Melvin D. Hildreth, chairman
of the 1949 Inaugural Committee,
and police officials on the mechan-
ical details for the celebration.
After his inaugural address at the
Capitol, MI. Truman will have
luncheon there-the exact room has
not been determined-and then will
enter his car and head the parade
to the White House, where he will
take his place in the reviewing stand
with the distinguished guests.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
,83, AbouttoL LoseHome,
Leaves Note, Dies in Bdthtub

to keep the house. Alden and
his wife were to seek another
place for themselves through the
Veterans Administration, and Ruth
and Bill were to go to an aunt in
New York. And the house was to
be sold.
Yesterday was the oath anniver-
sary, to the day, of her hus-
bands death. At $3.50 pm, Billy
returning from school. couldn't get
into the house. At 4:30, adults ar
rived and found Mrs. Parents body
slumped, fully clothed, in the full
bathtub. A note was left on her
dresser, indicating, police said, that
she decided to find her own way out.
According to Alden Heinlein, Mrs.
Parent could have gone to the home
of a daughter, Mrs. Edith Webb,
4440 Ord street NE, or to an
Eastern Star Home. But that
wasn't what she wanted.
"She always thought she was part
(see PARENT, 9age A-5J
Evening star., 1948-12-09
Britain Reinforcing
Hong Kong Garrison
BY the Associated Press

SINGAPORE, Dec. 9.-The British
Army announced today that it is
sending reinforcements to Hong
Kong "in view of the deteriorating
situation in China"
A communique announcing the
departure by the years end, said
the I'd Battalion of the 9Th Ghurka
Rifles was going to the British
crown colony. Informed military
sources said the outfits departure
had been speeded up because of the
Communist advance south through
China.
The Gl,urkas were diverted to
Singapore when Red rebels attacked
the British in Malaga last summer.
The Army communique said that
in view of the recent arrival of
reinforcements at Singapore "the
time now has arrived when the
9th Gurhka Rifles must go to
Honk Kong to bring the garrison
up to its proper strength again, par
ticularly in view Of the deteriorating
situation in China"
Evening star., 1948-12-09
Outstanding Federal Worker
Faces Loyalty Investigation
Recipient Of Award, Railway Mail Clerk
And New York Union Leader Denies Charges

charges against him and has told
friends he is confident the loyalty
hearing will vindicate him.
In addition, members of his New
York union are collecting money to
be used as a defense fund for him
The union is generally regarded as
a right-wing union.
The charges against him are that
for 10 years or more he has con
sistently" followed the Communist
Party propaganda line and has been
in sympathy with the aims, pur-
poses and doctrines" of the Com
munist Party and Soviet Russia.
Also, it is charged that Mr.. Brom-
sen frequently attended Communist
Party meetings and was in "sympa-
thetic association" with persons
known to be Communists or fellow
travellers.
officials of the International Rail-
way Mail Association revealed that
Mr. Bromsen has been cited. The
association is taking no official ac-
ton in the case. leaving it up to its
New York City branch to do what
ever it sees fit in defense of Mr.
Bromsen.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
Cold Air Mass Moving
On District From Canada

The May-in-December weather
which has tricked the cherry bios
SONS into bloom will be swept out
to sea tonight by mass of cold
air moving in from Northwestern
Canada, the Weather Bureau re-
ported today.
For the next several days, there1l
be no doubt that winter has arrived,
the forecaster said.
There may be snow flurries mixed
with rain tonight and the tempera-
ture will drop to about 80 degrees.
But after the skies clear, the cold
Canadian air will have an open
track into Washington and hard
freezes may be expected for the next
several nights, the forecaster warned.
Evening star., 1948-12-09
British Trade Board
Secretary Resigns in
Probe Of Corruption
BeIcher Denies Receiving
Bribes, but Admits He
Did Accept Presents
BY the Assoeioted Press

LONDON, Dec. 9.-John Bel
cher, Labor member of Parlia-
ment and a central figure in an
investigation of rumored corrup-
ton within the British govern
ment, announced today he will
resign as parliamentary secre-
tary of the Board of Trade.
MIR. Belcher, 43 and a former rail-
way clerk, rose to prominence with
the Labor Governments election
success in 1945.
The announcement was made oy
his attorney, Aiken Watson, just
before a government tribunal set up
with House of Commons approval
to investigate talk that some min
listers were paid for government
favors.
Mr.. Belcher has denied that he
received any bribes.
while he vehemently denies he
has received any money or other
consideration, or any promise there
to to influence him in any decision
he may have had to make as min
lister. he admits quite frankly he
has received from Mr.. Stanley and
from Sir Maurice Bloch and Mr..
Matcham the gifts they have de-
scribed," MIR. Belcher's attorney
said.
Denies Paying Money.
Sidney, Stanley. Polish-born pro-
moter and one of the key figures in
the investigation, denied he ever
paid Mr.. Belcher money, though, he
said, he had sent him gifts of wine
and whisky and once had paid his
hotel bill.
Sir Maurice Bloch is managing
director of a GLASGOW distilling firm.
He told the tribunal November Is
that he sent gifts of liquor to Mr..
Belcher.
Matcham is Leonard J. Matcham,
vice president in charge Of the Brit
ish factory of Max Factor, cosmetics
manufacturer. He testified early in
the investigation that he sent Mrs.
Belcher a small gift of beauty
preparations.
Mr.. Belcher, his attorney said
(see INQUIRY, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1948-12-09
Tamm Rules Buyers
In Coop Apartments
Can Evict Renters
36 Broudmoor Tenants
Lose Suit to Bar Custer
By New Owners

Judge Edward A. Tamm of
District Court today ruled against
a group of tenants of the Broad
moor Apartments, 1901 Connec-
ticut avenue NV, who had
sought to avoid eviction by pur-
chasers of apartments under a
cooperative plan.
In a memorandum opinion, Judge
Tamm held the purchasers of the
individual units are landlords with
in the meaning of the District
Emergency Rent Act and, therefore,
are entitled to evict tenants to oc-
cupy the premises themselves.
The 36 plaintiff tenants had ar
gued the Broadmoor Cooperative
Apartments, Inc, was the landloard
and that they could not be evicted
under the rent law, to make room
for other occupants who were par
ticipants in the cooperative.
Corporation Holds Title.
The defendants insisted the cor
porati merely held title as trustee
for the individual apartment own
ers.
The plaintiffs had sued the cor
poration, the purchasers of apart
hnents occupied by the plaintiffs and
Bernard Dralove and Edward G.
Ernst, former owners of the 197-unit
buildings.
The cooperative bought the build
ing October 30 for 375,000.
Apartments had been offered for
sale at prices ranging from $500 for
one bedroom and bath to 800 for
a three e-exposure apartment with
living room, dining room. sun parlor,
kitchen. foyer, three bedrooms and
two baths.
Permitted to Buy.
Tenants were permitted to buy
units, but were not given priority
The plaintiffs in the suit decided
by Judge Tamm today sought to
retain their quarters on rental
basis and did not wish to participate
in the cooperative purchase plan.
In addition to the purchase price,
apartment buyers are subject to a
monthly service charge Of 80 cents
for each 500 of the price.
Edmund j. Flynn, a real estate
broker. is president of the corpora
ton. Other officers are: Elwood H
Seal. vice president; Thomas B
Lawler, treasurer, and Edmund c
Flynn, secretary.
Leo A. Rober. attorney for the
corporation, presented the defend.
ants arguments in the suit.