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Evening star., 1949-09-29
Second Tax Exemption Delay in Widening
p|eaby yWoman's Club Georgia Ave. Sought
|nCheWChaseStudied By Wheaton Chamber

The Wheaton Chamber of Com
merce voted last night to ask Gov.
Lane and the Maryland State
Roads Commission to defer the
start Of the Georgia avenue widen
ing project until next spring to
avoid disruption of travel during
the winter.
Asserting they did not want the
road torn up during bad weather,
the group directed that letters to
that effect be sent Immediately to
Gov. Lane and to Robert H. Rein
dollar. chairman of the State
Roads Commission.
The organization also recon-
mended that the Layhill road be
the natural" termination Of the
project.
In other actions, the Chamber
Of Commerce:
Director its Public Improvements
Committee. headed by John Pen
dleton. jr., and Wilson Rich, to
make a study of possible public
parking lots for the Wheaton
business district and means of
acquiring them. 49,
Instructed the same committee
to study proposal to control
open-air markets within the COM
munity.
Designated Joseph L. Brechner,
general manager of Radio Station
WGAY,, as chairman of a COM
mittee to organize q community
Halloween party sponsored by the
chamber. = ! "
Recommended that the State
Roads Commission erect signs at
Rockville routing traffic to Wash
'fhSton via Wheaton and Silver
Spring. 80
+ Approved a resolution asking
the. Montgomery County Council
to construct a temporary sidewalk
along the west side of Georgia
avenue from the Kensington-
Wheaton road to the Glenmont
School.
Voted to ask the Census Bureau
to make a special segregated CEN
sus of the Wheaton area in 1850.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Fairfax Man Charged
with Embezz|ement
In Subdivision Sale

Richard S. Lusk. Fairfax Coun-
Ity real estate developer, yesterday
was held for grand jury actions or
ali besal charge growing
out6 the Of property ir
Woodlawn Manor subdivision.
Lusk entered Q not guilty plea
at a preliminary hearing yester.
ldeys before FAirfax Trial Js1stice
HARRY EKrFieos He did not testify
however. His attorney, Edward
Gasson. sought To have the charge
dismissed, claiming there was ne
evidence of embezzlement OF
| fraud.
Claiming l.. Pace. 300 South
Hill street, Arlington. swore out
q warrant charging Lusk iembez-
zled $4,000. Mr. Pace testified
that In May, 1947, he contracted
with the Veterans Housing Corp.
headed by Lusk, to build q house
at Woodlawn Manor. He said he
deposited q total Of $3.50 for the
house. which was to be built in
80 working days.
| Mr.. Pace said work on the
house never was started and In
January. 1948. he took. over 9
contract for another house that
already had been started in the
same subdivision. Mr.. Pace testi.
fled he paid LuSk another $1,66t
on the new contract. According
to Mr.. Pace, Lusk told him thai
the $1.660 was needed to repay
the original purchaser.
The second house, Mr.. Pace
said. was not completed. He sale
he had demanded return of hi!
money or completion Of the house
but Lusk did not comply.
A letter was introduced in evi.
depce from the Longacre Realt,
Co., Of Arlington. Andrew w
Clarke. attorney for Mr.. Pace
said the letter showed that Lusl
failed to turn over the 1850 Il
the original owner.
Lusk's 5000 bond was con.
tinued, pending action of tn.
grand jury-in November.
The Fairfax Circuit Court
meanwhile has forbidden fore
closure on two other homes IN tn.
WoodlaWn Manor subdivision
The occupants claim the house.
never. have been completed max.
ling 1t. impossible for them tt
finance them properly.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
6. 0. P. Chiefs 10 Nee
Oct. Il in Annapolis
To Draft Policies
Special Dispatch 10. Ths Siur

WALDORF, Md, Sept. 20.
EMarQland Republicans plan To
|s the LANE administrs zion s
t&0d64 a thorough 4oin over.
State Senator James B. Mon
roe Of Charles County. chairman
of the party's Joint caucus, an
nohnced he had 81
sued n can to the irlfnoritys 36
Delegates and II Senator's to meet
at Carvel Hall. Annapolis. at 2
pm. October %.
"We will drive a PROBE" the
Senator said. Into the admins
tration's weaknesses before decid-
ing on policies to be followed when
the Legislature meets next Feb
ruary.
The session will be the first held
under a law passed in, 1949 pro-
viding for assemblies lasting 80
days in even-numbered years and
80 in odd-numbered years. Here
tofore. the Maryland Legislata talre
mas convened Dl-annually.
One of the subjects to be dis
cussed. Senator Monroe indicated,
will be the plan to quadruple the
State incentive fund to, provide
money for public school construc-
ton.
The proposal had strong back
ing at the last session but was
discarded for the Administrations
$50, 900 900 credit pool and $20.-
600, 900 matching fund.
"Also," the Senator said, I'VE
will comb the budget to see how
the State government can be
made more efficient at less cost
to the taxpayers. )"
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Two Fl. Meade Employees
Hurt When Car 0verturns

Two Savage (Mdo men, both
civilian employees at Fort Meade
were injured yesterday when theil
automobile overturned near the
military post.
Lester Merson. 80. was critically
injured, suffering a brain injury
Joseph w. Fisher, 20, received only
minor injuries.
The Army installation said the
accident occurred on the Fort
Meade Savage road at the edge
of the post when the front wheel.
of the convertible locked. Botf
men were taken to the Fort Meade
station hospital and later trans.
ferred to st. Agnes Hospital, Bal.
timore. They are employed in the
post ordnance shop.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Lorton Requests Funds
For BIoodhounds to
Put New Life in Pack

The bloodhound pack at
Lorton Reformatory is just
one big happy family-and
that's the trouble.
Corrections officials report
the quality Of stock has been
deteriorating over 4 period
OF several years because Of
the necessity for constant in
breeding.
And so far fiscal 1851, the
Corrections Department Is
asking an appropriation OF
$500 to purchase two new
English thoroughbreds to In
troduce new blood lines into
the pack.
Evening star., 1949-09-29

for the best band in the parade,
The Veterans Of Foreign Wars,
Montgomery County Post, drew
first place for the best marching
unit. and the Glen Echo Fire De-
!partment won the trophy for the
disappearing single piece of fire
equipment in the parade. The
float Of Donna Byrne's dance
studio, featuring dancing girls. was
Judged the best float in the parade
Participants got a preview OF
the Trade Show. which was to be
opened formally at 2 pm. today
by Senator O'Conor. Democrat
of MARYLAND.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Parade Hero|ding Trade Show
Draws Thousands in Bethesda

Thousands Of people lined
Bethesda streets last night to see
the largest parade in the COM
munity's history. which heralded
the opening of the four-day
Bethesda Trade Show.
Marshaled by Comdr. Frank E.
Frates. USN. and A. j. Bargagni,
chief of the Bethesda Fire Depart
ment, the hour-long parade
featured six bands, several drum
corps, dozens of floats and many
marching units. Over a thousand
people took part.
The Montgomery Blair High
School band was awarded a trophy
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Suburban Hospital Gets
Masonic Lodue Gift

Suburban Hospital has received
q donation from the Chevy Chase
Masonic Lodge to buy q sterilizer
for the operating room.
Francis Hill. IT.. president Of
the hospital Board Of Trustees,
received the gift from Angus
Cares. master Of the Masonic
lodge; Rex Cleveland, senior
warden. and Charles Lueck. past
master and chairman Of the hos
pitaI project.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Virginia Board Probes
Company Figures on
Phone Equipment Cost
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

RICHMOND, Sept. 29.-The
State Corporation Commission
wants to know how the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co.
figures replacement costs on its
equipment. 1t began a detailed
exploration Of the question here
yesterday as hearings resumed
on the c. g. P.'s request for rate
increases.
1t all turns on the question of
how to figure a fair" return on
investment for the stockholders
of the telephone company. The
company wants to figure the re-
turn on the replacement value of
its property-what it would cost
today.
Directors to the rate increase
think it should be figured on the
historical value, about $118,000,-
900. The replacement cost, the
company says, would be $156,0o0,-
900. 81 ....,s,s. :
additional Four MiIlion Solslkt
increases soughEby die Cd p.
would bring in an estimated ad-
ditional S4.000,00o per year in
revenue. The commission has
frozen any increases until Febru-
ar /. pending the completion of
the current hearing.
Counsel for the sec today. drew
from company witnesses an ex-
PLANTATION of how the replacement
value was determined. They
started with the Alexandria office
Of the telephone company and
went straight down the line.
sec Counsel Norman Elliott
brought out these points on cross
examination:
The company. in figuring the
new replacement cost, applied to
the book value of the plants an in
dex Of price changes from the
date of purchase of equipment to
the present.
Index by Western Electric.
II the reproduction Of plant were
figured on q wholesale basis, the
company, applying this index,
raised the value from the histori-
cal value Of approximately $118,-
100000 to about $50, ,000, 900. II
the reproduction was done piece
meal. it was raised to about $780,
900, 900.
The Western Electric Co. pre-
pared the index. Western Elec-
trio is a manufacturing subsid-
iary OF the American Telephone &
Telegraph Co.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
|Y-Teen in AIexondriu
Headed BY Beth james

Miss Beth James has been ap-
pointed Y-Teen program director
Of the Alexandria YWCA and will
direct groups in schools and at
the YWCA.
Interior decoration classes will
start at the YWCA on Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Halle Bodine will
teach class each week in princi-
Piles Of color and design, furniture
selection and arrangement, choice
Of draperies and slip covers. wall
paper. floor coverings, lamps and
pictures.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Fredericksburg Refuses
To Buy Airport Site
Speeiol Dispatch 10 The Sior

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Sept.
29.-The City Council has rejected
a proposal to buy land for a mu.
nicipal airport here.
1t did SO after the Finance COM
mittee declined to recommend the
purchase of two farms in Spotsyl-
vania County. The city has been
without a field since Shannon
Airfeld closed more than a year
ago.
Evening star., 1949-09-29
La Fontoine Gets Checkup

James j. LaFontaine, long q
figure In Washington area gam
bling. Is in Maryland General
Hospital, Baltimore. for q general
physical checkup. Associates. who
said the LaFontaine entered the
hospital last week, indicated that
! he Is not seriously III.
Evening star., 1949-09-29

pedestrians yes
terday.
The dead boy
was F a ! c o
Bruno, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs.
Nick B ru n o ,
so IA s t a t e
street, North
Englewood, near
Cheverly. H e
WAS u1JuIcu Id
t ally W h e n
struck by a car
near his home.
According to
pripca GoorpeS
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Mothers Club TO Meet

The Hyattsville Mothers and
Teachers Club will hold its first
fall meeting at pm. Tuesday at
the Forty third Avenue School,
Forty third avenue and jefferson
street.
Evening star., 1949-09-29

COMMISSIONER a
second lieuten-
ant in the Or
ganiZed Reserve
Corps in exer-
cises today at
the camp.
Miss Warner
W a S employed
by the United
States Employ
nlent Service in
w a S h in g ton
and e n lis t e d
h ere in 1943.
She has served
a t stations in
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Miss Ethel Warner 10 Get
WAC Commission Today

Miss Ethel c. Warner of River
dale, Md. a student of the Wom-
ems Army Corps Officer Candidate
Scnool. Camp Lee. Va, will be
Evening star., 1949-09-29
oxon Hill Fair PIonned

A country fair will be held Sat-
Iurday at st. Barnabas Hall, oxon
Hill. Md. q
Evening star., 1949-09-29
Boy, 5, Killed
When HitbyCar
Near rCheverIy
D. c. Man Suffers
Critical Injuries
In Traffic Accident

A 5-year-old Prince Georges
County boy was killed and
Washington man was critically in
jured in two accidents involving
Evening star., 1949-09-29

Texas, Arkansas, Georgia, Ala
bama and Arizona. She is grad
uate of Central High School
Bridgeport, Conn.
Her father. Henry w. Warner,
lives at 62I0 Forty-forth place,
Riverdale.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Readers CIeorinq House
TO CLEAN STOVE

(From Mrs. M. X, Washington
To Mrs. j. B. M, Falls Church:
We had the dirtiest stove I have
ever seen in the house that we
bought. After trying everything
I'd ever heard of, I finally used
lye. I put the CRATES and burners
in a big Ibucketful of water and
to this added 3 or 4 tablespoon
fuls of lye and brought it to a boil.
Most of the heavy burned-on
grease was removed in this first
boiling. A second boiling in fresh
lye solution was necessary for my
stove. May I warn you to follow
all the precautions listed on the
can for the use of lye. I also used
lye solution for scrubbing some
of the very dirty parts of the
stove. Also protect your linoleum
floor very well with newspaper for
the lye will pit the linoleum.
Now when give my stove a
very thorough cleaning, I find that
the heavy-duty detergent that has
circles of yellow and orange on
the box is very effective. With a
light scrubbing any accumulated
grease is removed very easily.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Refrain From Argument
By Angelo Potri

love her, but having to sit still and
be told he does may be helpful
experience that will teach him
not to pull her tail.
LET the cat alone" is enough
talk. Follow that by some punish
ment that will serve as a re-
minder. Don't pull his hair and
don't slap him. That was what
he did to the cat, and what you
are trying to correct in him. Make
his heartlessness an inconveni-
ence and he will remember-to
some degree.
Discussions with little children,
and with older ones up to teen
age, are a waste of time. Children
can shut their ears and think Of
other things while your voice
|lulls their minds. Do something
about their naughtiness. Spare
yourself the energy, and them the
notion that the only thing that
will come Of their misbehavior is
IA long talk. It is idle to ask.
Don't you think this or that?"
They are not thinking creatures
at this age but creatures for the
most part Of impulses, appetites.
that need guidance and control.
Young children lean hard on
authority and must have its, in
fuence as long as they require it.
Not until teen age should we ex-
pect them to behave thoughtfully
and be able to discuss their ways
with any benefit to them or to
others. .----.-
Evening star., 1949-12-26

Billy pulled the cats tail. The
at scratched him and Billy hit
he cat, which ran under the sofa.
ally's mother stopped her work
nd said, BILLY. come here. ]
rant to talk to you. Don't you
NOW that you should be kind to
u animals? Don't you know that
Oh hurt poor pussy? You don't
Ike to be hurt, do you? What
nade you pull pussy's tail when
ou knew 1t was naughty? Tell
ne." ~
"She's a bad cat. She scratched
ne."
PUSSY does not know any
etter. But you should. You
ave a mind and a soul and pussy
.as not. That is why you must
e kind to her. You understand,
ont you?"
IF she scratches me" -
"Billy. You made pussy scratch
ou. You hurt her."
"She hurt me-
It Is useless. The less said to
title children when they do what
hey ought not to do, the better.
Words drown them. They are
eaf to ideas because they have
10 experience to match the ideas.
lilly won't know how to treat q
et for some time yet. Until he
bes he should be sharply cor
ected when he abuses ore.< Y IT
light be q good idea to seat him
earby and teach him to rectte,
/ love little pussy" He may not
Evening star., 1949-12-26
PICTURE HANGING?
For January Reading
For Jonuory Reading
F|orida-Toi|ored to Trade Winds

Down where the trade winds
lay is, of course, infinitely more
Kciting than such spots as the
home of the bean and the cod
ONE wintertime. In "Your House
a. Florida, Wolfgang Lange-
Fiesche paints an enticing pic
ure for House Beautiful Of the
ray in which those trade winds
an be made to do the most for
aan.
The weather there, he hastens
explain, is in reality less than
eaven on earth. But it's well
Forth knowing, hurricanes and
rief daily showers not with
tanding.
Relating its facts to the problem
[ heat and humidity anywhere
acluding Washington, D. C.-the
tory is tied in with this mag
zines interesting climate control
roject.
Florida does not get intensely
ot, the author explains, but it
oes stay consistently hot in the
ummer. Comfort in Florida, it
pointed out, depends on strict
ttention to the climate, with
ain control, insect control and
Feather control important, and
washing the home with air" vital.
concerning the insect problem,
he, author points out that the
endency in Florida is more and
nore to screen whole walls in
tead of individual doors and
rindows, an idea, he feels, that
rould work just as well for hot
ummers in Washington.
Mr.. Langewiesche comments on
he way F1oridians, not faced with
he harsh outdoors that makes
fortherners regard the home as a
itadel and bulwark against
lature, have accepted tl8 idea
L the indoors and outdoors flow
hg into each other. He illustrates
his point with interesting pictures
{ two modern Florida homes.
In an issue emphasizing privacy
pme fancy and fascinating fenc-
ng is discussed by this magazine
90.
;,.& ite -, - T. n
Evening star., 1949-12-26

He was not, ne explained, Tedl
movie star because, II still got the
same wife I started out with" He
found movie making "a comfort
able kind of show business. Not
much night work. and the only
place I know where you can act
and at the same time sit down
IN front and clap for yourself"
"Where do you expect to be
when you're q grandmother" asks
Albert Deutsch in the Woman's
Home Companion. Possibly" the
author goes on, you haven't a
very definite idea but I doubt
whether you expect to be in a
mental hospital" Yet this, he
points out, is precisely where
thousands of aged men and wom-
en-, "in the way" of relatives. end
up every year, falsely labeled in
sane. Officials of mental hospitals
point out that perfunctory court
hearings or medical examinations
by general practitioners with no
special training in psychiatry can
result in orders for commitment
that are legally valid.
Some old people, Of course,
actually suffer from mental illness.
But there are many others who
have only the mild and harmless
eccentricities often seen in elderly
people - querulousness, memory
lapses, loss of mental alertness,
recurrence Of some childish traits,
restlessness, noisiness and the like.
Nobody in the old days would
have regarded them as insane;
they were merely bit crochety
or queer, or just not so young
as they used to be-"
AS remedies, he suggests an
awakening of the old-tim respect
and tolerance for elderly people.
Also, giving them a chance for
continued active participation in
our social and economic life,
mobilizing public opinion and pro-
fessional resistance against the
practice Of railroading non-insane
elderly folk to mental hospitals,
adequate alternatives to mental
hospital care, and the establish
ment of State homes, built on the
colony or village plan are urged.
The latter would minimize physi-
cal dangers while permitting max
imum freedom of movement.
Such 9 step, the author declares,
would actually cost no more than
the wasteful practice Of consign-
ing the elderly non-insane for
mere custody to expensive build
ings equipped for active hospital
treatment. It would also help
restore public mental hospitals to
their primary function, that of
active curative treatment, he adds.
In the Companions picture Sec
ton "We've Come a Long Way
Since 1909" traces half a century
of invention, industry and design.
The article illustrates amusingly
the progress that has been made,
and reminds us that at the CEN
tury's end our offspring will un-
doubtedly be looking at similar
story and chortling at us.
Must You Alvlays Be First?"
Elsie Mccormick asks in Good
Housekeeping. Her answer points
out that you'll have more energy
left over for things worthwhile,
greater happiness and more real
popularity when you stop con-
sidering situations as competitive
ones.
insecurity OF one sort or another
is blamed for the mad scramble
lfor esteem, she explains. A
happier home life for herself and
her family Is declared to be the
most important reward for q
woman free Of competitive pride.
"By dropping the burden. OF un-
reasoning, energy-consuming COM
petitiveness, q person can begin
% I've" the author declares.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
By Betty Miles

Dress" and a bonny thing 1t Is,
Cut like mans shirt at the neck
line, it's hemline, too, initiates that
piece of male attire. Glamour
points out that. this dress can be
worn to good advantage with vel
veteen suits or tailored skirts with
the top serving as a blouse, the
bottom as a slip), or even as a
nightgown.
Glamour, too, traces the steps in
Europe of Jane Colson, winner of
that magazines Ten Girls with
Taste" contest last year. It an
nounces, in the same breath, that
this years girls with taste" con-
test Is about to get under way.
with a free trip to Paris, Rome,
the Riviera and a new wardrobe
the winners loot. -
|. House and Garden revisits Will
liamsburg, IL years after it de-
voted an issue to it in the infancy
Of that historic spots restoration.
Attention is called to the Colonial
House and Garden symposium,
sponsored by House and Garden
and Colonial Williamsburg, to be
presented in two identical f1ve-day
sessions, one to begin February 27,
the other March 6. Spotlighted
will be the small houses and gar
dens of Williamsburg, sources of
ideas for latter-day landowners OF
less-than-great estates.
This month this magazine also
offers many articles as guides for
good gardening.
Better Homes and Gardens
spotlights gardening in this issue
too. 1t also describes diabetes
tuberculosis, cancer, arthritis
heart disease, and nephritis
(Bright's disease), covering where
and who they strike, early signs
types Of examination, chances fol
cure, results of untreated disease
and how to guard against them.
Coronet turns out a nostalgia
profile on "Will Rogers: American
Legend" complete with interesting
pictures of the humorist and sew.
ieral Of the sayings that won hin
his unique Immortality.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
PILLOW COVERS.

(From Mrs. M. S., ArlingtonJ
We have used the clear plastic
pillow covers since the war and
every make has become dry and
hard within about a year. Before
the war we could get ones with
silk or rayon foundations which
were much better and last longer.
Just lately bought the nylon ones
at a department store at Eleventh
and F streets NV. which are
lovely and soft but the price is
nearly three times as much as
clear plastic. Buyer in the bedding
section could probably advise how
long they will hold up as carried
there several years.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
(Fron1 A. w. F., Birmingham,
Mich,)

If the lady who requested how
to clean top CRATES of her ne
elected gas range will soak a
cloth in household ammonia and
wrap up the CRATES in the cloth
over night it will soften the hard
material and it can be removed.
If the CRATES are in very bad con-
dition, this treatment may be nee
essary several times.
May I suggest to the RICH that
a wonderful oven saver is to line
the bottom of the oven with the
tinfoil now so popular. It will
catch all the drippings from pies,
casseroles, etc. I change mine
about once each month and never
have to do more than wash out
the oven bottom, no more scrap
ing and burning.
The ammonia cloth treatment
is excellent for the oven CRATES
and even the oven door.