Evening star., 1949-02-25
RiverdaIe Firm Given
Top Tax Refund Of
S862,596 in Area

A total of $S62,596 returned to
the Engineering & Research Corp.
of Riverdale, Md. is the largest
Washington area figure in a tax
refund list for the 1948 fiscal year
made public yesterday by the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue.
The company. which handled
large wartime aircraft equipment
contracts, received $812,382 in
overpaid excess profits taxes. and
$50,214 in overpaid income levies.
Elsewhere in Maryland, the
highest refund was $18,597,292 in
excess profits tax to the Glenn L.
Martin Co. of Baltimore, which
headed the list of 5000 individuals
and corporations granted refunds
of $500 or more in that State.
The largest refund in the Dis
trict - $5S2 ,282 went to the
United States News Publishing
Corp. Twenty-fourth and N
streets NV. It consisted Of $178,-
TIT in excess profits taxes and
$403 sos in income taxes.
S111,933 to ID. C. Man.
The biggest rebate to an individ.
ua1 in the District was the SILL
e33 returned to George P. Kimmel
sos Fourteenth street NV.
The United Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation administration got
back $23,347 in income taxes and
$1,403 in sales taxes.
Officials explained the refunds
listed were those paid out during
the fiscal year, did not necessarily
apply to taxes for that year and,
in many cases. covered tax pay
ments for several years.
The bulk of the refunds was for
income and excess profits tax
overpayments. but some were for
tobacco, employment, distilled
spirits and other Federal levies.
Other Individual Refunds.
Among other large refunds to
individuals in the District were:
Miriam K. Antel, 3629 Jenifer
street NV, $12,575; Alfred j.
Buchi, care of John Fullerman,
1881 G street NV, $39,985: Mrs.
Lenora Blechman, 1901 Kalmia
road NV, $12.236; Mrs. Ann B.
Blechman. 5034 Reno road NV,
$12,0o5; Sarah Carrick, 11O5 F
street NV. $16.797: Ralph Felt
man. 1929 Twentieth street NV,
$25, ,658; Leopold and Grace
Freeman, 1900 Fourteenth street
NV, $10,207.
Also, Sidney L. Hechinger, Fiji
teenth and H streets NE, $17,679;
Edith Newlands Johnston, 1901
Connecticut avenue NV, $35, 1854;
Marian A. Judd. 3411 Massachu-
sets avenue NV, $41,664; Mark
Winkler, 1T Vermont avenue
NV, $l2.561; Ralph Teunis. 17O4
Lamont street NV, $12,634.
Maryland, Virginia Refunds.
Maryland and Virginia refunds
included $12,133 to William D.
Pawley of Langley. Va, former
Ambassador to Argentina: SILL
666 to the Annapolis Yacht Yard
Of Eastport. Md; $12.783 to
Catherine w. Tyssowski, Della
plane. Va; $l4,487 to John L.
Clark. Warrenton. Va; $17,146 to
Norman A. Quasebarth, 1852
Jefferson Davis highway, Airing
ton.
Also. William H. Reynolds, 94O6
Columbia boulevard. Silver Spring,
$10,215: Edward D. Talbert, Der
wood, Md, $14.632; Frederick H.
Untiedt, 5625 Grove street, Chevy
Chase, Md, $19,281: William w.
Chambers, jr.. 5807 Cleveland
avenue, Riverdale, Md, $14,078;
William w. Chambers, ST.. same
address. $13,860; Stephen w.
Ducwett. Annapolis. $l1,l84; L.
Laurel, $13,834.
Also, Charles A. Pine, Win
chester, Va. $22,985; Lucy w.
Shenk, Harrisonburg, Va, $21 PAT;
James S. and Mary Preston Sim
mons, jr., Staunton, Va, $10,480
Sylvania Industrial Corp, Fred
Va. $23.705; Win
chester CVaD. Cold Storage Co.,
Inc, $20,551; Dietrich & Gambrill,
Inc, Frederick, Md, $16,496;
Phillip E. Gray. LeonardtoWn,
Md, $10,629, and Beall Kent,
farms, Rockville, Nd,
s12,289.
School to Present Cornivul
Students of the commercial art
at Washington-Lee
High School will present a car
nival at 8 pm. tomorrow at the