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Evening star., 1949-04-19
Bethesda Chamber
Urges Parking Lots
In Business Area

Establishment of public parking
lots for the Bethesda business
area was urged last night by the
Board of Directors of the Bethesda
Chamber of Commerce.
A special committee will be
named today by William Wohl-
farth. new president of the cham
ber, to work with Acting County
Manager Irving G. McNayr in
drawing up enabling legislation
for enactment at the May legisla-
tive session of the County Council.
The board expressed opposition
to the proposed rerouting of route
240 to bypass Bethesda. Marvin
Simmons, chairman of the Roads.
Streets and Bridges Committee,
was requested to attend meeting
OF State Road Commission officials
and Rockville businessmen in the
county courthouse, Rockville.
Thursday morning to discuss the
proposal.
Robert Mitchell, treasurer. was
named chairman of special Ways
and Means Committee which will
raise funds for promoting COM
munity projects.
Mrs. j. Reed Bradley, secretary,
was asked to report at the May 2
dinner meeting of the full chamber
on the County Council proposal
to increase taxes to finance a
school construction program.
Art Bowls, chairman Of the
Property Owners Committee for
the widening of Wisconsin avenue,
reported satisfactory progress" in
obtaining dedication of necessary
rights of way.
Evening star., 1949-04-19
Last-Minute Tax Returns
Are Filed in Maryland
.sy the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, April 19.-With
the last-minute rush over. workers
in the controllers Office today
settled down to check over piles of
State income tax forms and pay
ments.
Although Marylanders this year
had three extra days to file re-
turns, many waited-as usual
until the deadline. The Baltimore
office of the income tax division
reported its biggest day ever"
with more than $500 visiting the
place yesterday.
The original April Is deadline
was pushed forward to yesterday
because of the Easter holidays.
Evening star., 1949-04-19
GreenbeItReferendun|
Planned on Federal
Ruling Against Pets

Greenbelt residents are expected
to vote soon in a referendum on
ending an 11-year-old Govern
ment ruling against cats. dogs and
other pets in the housing develop
ment.
The Town Council last night
voted to let the citizens decide the
question for themselves.
Councilman Allen D. Morrison
said: You can't regulate pets out
of the lives of children. My fam
lily has had a cat for a pet for
some time. 1t hasn't caused any
trouble, and my children have
gained a lot by having it around.
Two other Council members also
admitted that until last Monday
they had allowed their children
to keep cats and white mice in
their homes in violation of the
rule.
Council Backs Rent Protest.
The discussion was precipitated
by a notice last week from the
Public Housing Administration re-
minding residents that all animals
larger than tropical fish and
canaries are prohibited.
The referendum will be con-
Quoted jointly by the PHA repre-
sentative. Charles Cormack; Town
Manager Charles T. Mcdonald,
and the community's weekly
newspaper at a date to be an
nounced.
Informed that a Citizens Com
mittee formed to protest a pro-
posed rent increase in Greenbelt
was to confer today with PHA.
the council announced it concurs
with the purposes of the meeting.
Mrs. Sally Meredith, member
of the committee, said the group
seeks further examination of the
need for rent increases as an
nounced last week by the Govern
ment. The increase averages from
7 to 8 per cent over existing
as we'll as a proportionate
increase in charges for utilities.
according to the protesting group.
Control Board to Be Studied.
The town manager was in
structed to study the possibility
of setting up a rent control board
for the town alone. Mrs. Eliza
beth Harrington submitted the
proposal as a means of obtaining
reasonable protection" for the
town in the absence of a county,
wide rent control agency.
Mr.. Mcdonald also was author
lied to prepare a comprehensive
zoning ordinance. This would list
detailed zoning and building code
provisions for the first time. At
the same time. the manager was
asked to notify the Prince Georges
County commissioners that the
town expects to participate in any
zoning proposals affecting the
Greenbelt area.
The council adopted daylight
saving time for Greenbelt, etfec-
tive next Sunday along with the
District. The council also decided
that holidays for town employees
will conform to those set by the
State.
Evening star., 1949-04-19
Takoma Council Votes
Firehouse Repairs

improvements to the Takoma
Park f1rehouse at an estimated
cost of $4,000 were authorized at
a special meeting of the City Coun-
Gil last night. The building is at
Carroll and Denwood avenues.
Councilman Sherwood Citizens,
jr.. chairman of the Civic I'm
provement Committee, said the
proposed changes include removal
OF part of the stone front to per-
NIT erection of three new doors;
construction of three concrete
lanes for fire apparatus and plac-
ing fire siren on top of the hose
tower in the rear of the structure.
When remodeled, the building
will accommodate a new 85-foot
aerial truck now on order.
Councilman j. H. Mes, chair
man of the Finance Committee,
reported on the failure of property
owners to pay for special improve
ments completed years ago for
which they had been assessed.
Harold j. Hilliard. jr.. city clerk
and treasurer. announced that bills
amounting to $4,089.11 are in an
inactive status while other bills
are being collected. The total in
volved was $20,556.65.
The Council voted to join the
Montgomery County Civic Fed
Grafton and the following were
elected as delegates: Mayor John
c. Post, Councilmen Walter H.
McClenon and H: c. Heffner.
Councilmen Mes. John T. Parker
son and H. Brooks Perring, were
named alternates.
Daylight saving time, effective
SUNDAY was approved
Evening star., 1949-04-19
Assessments Up
300 in 5Years
In Maryland
Annual Tos Repor.
Reveals lncreose
or 624 Millions
~ re Ass@s IS 90 szsss

BALTIMORE ApFA ss~rs.
total Assessments ca NAry2agstt
real estate have Is.rngNca r9>4r than
SEA oao 600 IN The lsa nvr wars.
the annual rrpoFt ~ TIE STATS
Tax Commission showed ;cSsAy
They rosr .voa s. atT a4a 600
for ls%& to S. sTl E.s 900 ~: ls&a
---<G 20 - pr cent
This wear marked tlae ena O.
The 1tsi full round ot the n,e.
year continuous ASscANtneui sss.
TEN Under the p;oxrasn each
county has been d!vldri into Eve
parts and one section is rrA&sesse<a
each year on q rotating bass
Plan Declared Asrw Equitable
The report said the comm lssion
is az the opinion TIA; tho STATE,
as a result of The continuous as
SesSnent plan adopted eNe wears
ago. has more uniform and ea4i;-
bale assessments than al Any time
IN It's history.
In the past year the eommls-
sion has adopted al aNseSSoga'
manual which pre1fihcs a t!nl.
form approach 10 determining tAl.
ues throughout the State
1t IS hoped that by The aid 81
this manuel and The continued
schooling o! our asScNaors IN IT'S
proper use there will be further
improvements IN the assessment
of property IN the future
Counties Top Baltimore Tetal.
The counties. taken as a grour.
led Baltimore city both In the
increase OF old assessment and IN
total assessments on nrw property,
For the ftrSt time. The total value
placed on taxable real estate IN
the . counties topped the figuFe
for Baltimore city.
County property was Assessed al
81 0i2.2+& 900 for 1914 and real
estate In Baltimore city was as
scSsed at 81 .oS5, 1876 900.
Counties. under the plan,
boosted their old assessments by
1924 $40 600, The city gain VAS
$50. .s5T 900.
New properties added si5a.o7s =
900 10 county assessment books
during the five-year period New
buildings in Baltimore city raised
the total assessments by 500, TO-
900.
Evening star., 1949-04-19
Falls Church Car Thefts
Admitted by 4 Soldiers

Four Fort Belvoir soldiers were
arrested by Falls Church police
last night and charged with steal
ing four automobiles in the city
since February 9.
E. H. Howe. Falls Church police
chief, said all the cars had been
returned to the owners.
The four will appear at hear
ing before Trial Judge Justice
Harry L. Carrico tomorrow at
Fairfax. Chief Howe identified the
soldiers as Pvts. Charles Henry Ed
munson. Robert E. Force, Andrew
Durant and Joseph Arena, jr. All
confessed after questioning at
Falls Church police station. the
chief said.
The investigation was led by
1t. G. E. Simpson, who reported
that fingerprints taken from one
of the cars Tailed with Edmonson' S
in FBI files. Edmunson. according
to Chief Howe. implicated the
others.
Evening star., 1949-04-19
King George School Bond
Issue Awarded 10 Smoot
BY the Assoeioted Press

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. April
i9.-The King George County
s150,000 school improvement bond
Issue has been awarded to Lewis
E. Smoot, president Of the Smoot
Sand and Gravel Corp. who out
bid 10 investment firms for the
issue.
Mr.. Smoot. who has home
near Osso, King George County.
will receive ATS per cent interest.
Most of the $150.000 will be
used to equalize educational facil-
tiles for Negroes in the county as
was ordered by Federal District
Court in Richmond.
Evening star., 1949-04-19
Chevy Chase Village Units
Re-eIeci Arthur Defanderier

Arthur w. Defanderfsr WAS re-
elected chairman Of the Board Of
Managers OF Chevy Chase village.
sections l and 2, at The annual
meeting last night
+ Mr.. DefandsrfeY has served IN
this capacity for 10 years. He had
expressed O desire 10 retire. but
was urged TO continue a. chair
man.
Other officers and board mem
bers named include George w.
Ferris. vice chairman. Arthur d.
Lambert, secretary. r A. Davis.
treasurer. and Mra LAndTa Pistt,
John Vance and r. A PrakAgno.
members Of the board
The group adopted an annual
budget Of $40 .sSo and set tlSs Epe-
eial tar rate for the village ., 20
cents
Evening star., 1949-04-19
Plans Submitted
For New County
Departments
Montgomery Council
Told About Finunce,
Public Works Setup

Irving G. McNayr, acting county
manager. today submitted to the
Montgomery County Council de-
tailed plans for organization Of
new departments of finance and
public works.
There was no immediate dis
cussion Of appointees for the i'm
portant positions under the char
ter reorganization.
Mr.. McNayr proposed that the
department Of finance consist Of
four divisions: Assessments, inso-
far as they are subject to county
fiscal control; collections and dis
bursements. accounts and audit
ing. All would be centralized
under director of finance.
Functions Explained.
The Department of Public
Works would have functions now
exercised by the county engineer,
and would have control and
supervision over all roads, streets,
storm drainage structures. bridges,
trees. public buildings and other
public places within the county
jurisdiction. This department
would be headed by a director of
public works.
With respect to the Department
Of Finance, Mr.. McNayr said that
preaudits and postaudits of all
county departments would pre-
clude the payment of any fraud
ulent. erroneous or invalid claims
or demands from county funds"
He added:
THE charge sometimes made
that the manager would be a
car of fiscal matters is without
basis because the charter itself
provides check on the influence
of the manager in that the direc-
tor of finance is appointed and
may be removed only with the
approval of the Council"
Authority Cited.
Mr.. McNayr stated that the
county charter. the public general
laws and public local laws con-
tain authority for the orderly
transfer of the powers and duties
of the county treasurer, account
ant and controller to the new di-
rector of finance. He said they
also contain authority for the
transfer of all funds to the direc-
tor and power to collect and dis
burSe them.
The Department of Public
Works would. have five divisions:
Highway engineering, headed by
chief enginee; a tree division,
headed by a forester; highway
construction. maintenance and
equipment, headed by a mainte-
nance and construction engineer;
traffic. headed by a traffic engi-
neer. and county building, under
supervision of a building engineer.
Evening star., 1949-04-19
Councilman Nominations
Are Made in HYaitsviIIe

Contests for councilman in each
of the four wards in Hyattsville
were assured as a result of a
nominating convention held last
night in the Municipal Building.
The nominees are:
First ward-Claude NJ Davis. jr..
incumbent. and Jesse S. Baggett.
Second wafd-Harry A. Styne.
incumbent: Malcolm A. Dent, and
Jacob S. Walker.
Third ward-Victor r. Boswell
incumbent, and w. Stanley
Machen.
Fourth ward-Henry j. Hellman,
incumbent. and Kenneth E. Good
ger.
The election will be held May 2.
Evening star., 1949-04-19
Howard Dean Backs
Trumun Health PIun
BY tho Assoeiatsd Press

ROANOKE. Va, April 19.-Dr.
Russell A. Dixon, dean of Howard
University's Dental College in
Washington. D. c.. believes Presi-
dent Truman's health insurance
program best solves the need for
better health standards.
He expressed This views at the
seth annual meeting of the OLD
Dominion Dental Society here last
night. z.ss
~ DR.. Dixon said people must he
given the advantage of knowing
they will have the opportunity of
adequate lifetime medical care. I
Evening star., 1949-04-19
New Schools Rated Ahead
OF Hospital by Bradshaw

Montgomery County Wit have
70 concentrate On nsw schools.
rather than . hospital which has
been proposed for silver Sprlns.
County Councilman ] Douglas
Bradshaw naid lasi night.
Mr.. Bradshaw SPOKE 81 . meet
ina Of the silver Spring Hospital
Assoc tatsof. Eight pefsons al
tended the meeting
Ralph / Boyd wAa reelected
prssideni Of tte ASSOCIATION 9th
rrs reelected included BeTpaFd
r Burdsck. sace president Nor
ria Taylor. treasurer. and MTs.
Ernest r, Kl.nge. secretary. Also
renamed wers 80 members os isss
board Of construction isTsrea
Evening star., 1949-04-19

A Fairfax High School grad
uate, now a senior at Randolph
Macon College. has been awarded
one-year fellowship at the Uni
versity of Edinburgh by the Rotary
International.
He is Murray Downs. 20, Spring
field, Va, who was presented with
the fellowship last night by Of
ficials, of the Fairfax Rotary Club
in ceremonies in the Fairfax Meth
odist Church.
The fellowship will be paid for
b ythe Rotary Foundation. which
was established in 1947. Since
Evening star., 1949-04-19

then. SIS fellowships have been
awarded in the Is countries which
have Rotary organizations. Each
recipient selects the school he will
attend.
Mr.. Downs. who will be 81 in
November. was graduated from
Fairfax High School in 1945. At
Randolph Macon. where he will
graduate this June. he is a men,
ber of Phi Beta Kappa and is
chairman of the international Re-
lations Club.
He will study political science at
the Scottish school.
Evening star., 1949-04-19
'Nioht of Fun Planned

A might of fun" including mu-
sic and a group participation
program, has been planned for 8
o'clock tonight by the Montgom-
cry Blair High School Parent
Teacher Association in the school
gymnasium, George W. Pryor.
president, announced.
Evening star., 1949-04-19
County Leoaue to Meet

The Montgomery County League
of Woman Voters will hold its
April luncheon meeting at noon
Friday at the Indian Spring coun-
try Club, Silver Spring. 4
Evening star., 1949-04-19
Forest Estotes Group to Meet

The Forest Estates Citizens As
sociation will hold a meeting at
8 pm. tomorrow in Grace Church.
1901 Georgia avenue. Silver
Spring.
Evening star., 1949-04-19

Sunday, was approved.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-03-31
MAr%
OeaAa<sd<

Fadeout of March-with some of
the most severe weather of the VIM
ter-and here comes April with its
sunshine and showers-fickle, change
able, edictable-ushered in ap-
propriately enough by All Fools day
the jester of the twelve months
with cap and bells :. and wildfiow-
ers and hardy perennials
heralding the advent of spring +. !.
and spring includes housecleaning-
and freshening up bit with paint
and speaking of spring there
were a lot of anglers out in last
Saturday nights downpour when lit
orally millions of fshworms and
nightcrawlers covered the ground
and pedestrians complained that
they made the sidewalks slippery
. /. and auto repairs shops busy
humping out fender dents accumu-
lated during the winter !. Easter
shopping season getting under way,
retailers say-and the word is that
therell be a riot of colors this
spring-and they say that hemlines
may be up a bit-however Easter
hats will be as queer as ever
and Bluffton sport fans following
fortunes Of Delphos St. Johns
which snatched the State Class 3
basketball crown in the finals at
Columbus, Saturday, upsetting all
the pre-gane dope as figured out by
the experts =. congratulations to
Delphos, the first Allen county out
fit to turn the trick-BIuffton almost
did it 20 years ago !. and that
black cloud of smoke southwest of
town Saturday morning was crude
oil burning on Riley creek, having
escaped in leak from a nearby
pipeline a genuine Stradivarius
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Interesting are excerpts from
diary found among some old effects
by Mrs. Clayton Murray of West
Elm street. The diary belonged to
her mother, the late Mrs. Joshua
Beery, who before her marriage was
Jennie Thut. The Thut family lived
in Orange township near the Owls
burg school.
One entry-of Monday, May u,
1883, tells of sleet storm in the
morning, changing to snow and the
next morning the ground was cover
ed with foot of snow, breaking
down fruit trees in blossom and COW
ering growing crops.
Also noted in the diary is the flood
of March, 1918, when it rained
steadily for three days and nights,
beginning on Easter Sunday, March
q. Then there was a mention of
Bluffton's most severe blizzard, jan
uary II, 1918; the frost of June 81,
1918 that ravaged the growing corn
mild winters Of 1919 and 1920 and
the snowstorm of May s and 8 in
1928.
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violin il was which Laurence Burk-
halter played in his program at the
College vesper service Sunday after
noon-the instrument was loaned for
the occasion by Northwestern uni
versity where he is graduate stu
dent and Barbara Schumacher.
Pandora high school vocalist who re-
ceived top rating in the state con-
test last year gave a creditable
performance in the title role of Gil
bert & Sullivan's Patience" last
Thursday and Friday nights-a big
undertaking for high school talent
with Richard Boehr in the male lead
and directed by Roberta Manages,
Blufftonite and remember your
1948 auto tag will be out of date on
Friday.
This column celebrates this week
its eighth birthday-we're beginning
to feel quite grownup-however not
too old, we hope, to retain the view
point of youth. And SO, with best
wishes to all who may peruse these
notes. we start another year of re-
cording some of the incidents and
occurrences which go to make up
the pattern of everyday living of
Bluffton people.
Those bears in Yellowstone Ma
tional park which raid lunchbaskets
of unsuspecting tourists have their
counterpart in the mallard ducks at
the waterworks quarry. Formerly
wild, the ducks are now thoroughly
domesticated-so much so that they
sit out on the quarry waters wait
ing for fishermen to throw in their
lines and then dive down and snatch
the night crawler bait off the hook.
It's a neat trick to set the bait and
not the hook and the mallards ap-
parentIy know how it's done. One
angler the other day gave up in dis
gust and tried his luck elsewhere.
Not only are there a lot of Rosen-
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bergers around Quakertown, Pa, but
there are three A. 5. Rosenbergers
getting mail from the Qualyertown
post office. However, probably the
only one Bluffton people know is the
former pastor Of st. John Mennonite
church who is also ex-president of
Bluiston college He is pastor of a
Mennonite church near Quakertown,
so if you have occasion to write
him, better include for identification
the title "Rev.p and his address,
Route /.
Another Bluffton landmark dis
appeared this week with the re-
placement by concrete of the sand
stone sidewalk in front of the Fett
hardware and Geiger & Diller cloth
ing store on North Main street. The
walk was put down some 40 years
ago when smooth sandstone replaced
the original rough fiagstone from
Bluffton's quarries, Speaking of the
early walks of limestone prevalent
here at the turn of the century, old
timers still relate the incident of
the Ohio State university geologist
visiting in Bluffton who discovered
rare formation in the sidewalk
while going down street one day and
had the stone removed and shipped
to Columbus.
A recent issue of ''Boxoffice" film
service magazine, says that VIM. b
Amstutz of Ann Arbor, Mich, form
erly of Pandora, was awarded q
Hamilton gold wrist watch for out
standing sales performance for t94s
Amstutz, employed by United Film
Service, distributors of national
film advertising, ranked second high.
est in the country last year.
Reminiscent of the Talent Fund
project of the Bluffton Presbyterian
church two years ago, the GiIbos
Methodist church has an Investment
Project under way. The program
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includes projects such as the crop
from an acre Of ground, a calf, pig,
lamb, chickens, dairy products,
fancy work, baked goods, etc. The
project viii be completed by Thanks
giving.
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Reminiscent of the Talent Fund
project of the Bluffton Presbyterian
church two years ago, the GiIboa
Methodist church has an Investment
Project under way. The program
Evening star., 1949-01-22
Coy Predicts Opening
OF New N Channels
ey The Associeted Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-Opening
of new television channels that will
permit new stations to begin opera
ton is foreseen this year by the
Federal Communications Commis-
sion.
The new channels would be in the
ultra high frequencies.
FEC Chairman Wayne Coy said
yesterday that opening of new chan
nels offers the hope that many
applicant for stations can start
construction this year, especially In
cities where no provisions have been
made in the present band
He said television sets can be built
to receive on both the regular and
high frequency bands. Only II chan
nels presently are available for
television in any given area.
Mr.. Coy outlined the plan to $50
executives of radio and television
stations of the Columbia Broadcast
ing System at a CHS "television
clinic"
He said ALLEGATIONS within the
present band, frozen by the FEC
last September, would be resumed
byApril or May, as planned
CBS President Frank Stanton told
the clinic that nothing short of war
or major economic crisis can halt
television'S rapid growth.
Evening star., 1949-01-22
Communists Picket Opening
OF Scandinavian PorIey

COPENHAGEN, Jan. % I4).-
Communists picketed today the
opening conference on Scandi-
navian defense alliance.
Twenty-three young Communists
paraded before Christiandborg Cas-
tie, where government leaders OF
Sweden, Norway and Denmark met
They carried posters with such So
gans as mo Scandinavian war bloc
and I'VE won't pay for our freedom
with dollars"
Police watched but did not inter
fere
Thirty-three top-ranking poiti-
clans from the three countries, in
cluding the three Prime Ministers
will try to solve the problems con-
nected with establishment Of COM
mon defense system.
Before entering the hall Ptme
Minister Hans Hedtoft of Denmark
told reporters there were certain
differences of opinion among the
delegations.
Sweden has offered an outright
alliance to Norway and Denmark on
the condition, according to reliable
reports, that it be independent ai
any, link with the Western European
Union Of Britain, France, Belgium
the Netherlands and Luxembourg
and their projected North Atlantic
pact with the United States and
Canada. s., ., .r.,i.
On the other hand Norway is
understood to have favored joining
the North Atlantic pact when rep
resentatives of the three nations
discussed the question at an earlier
conference in Oslo.